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Lawrence S Johnson


NE TE QUAESIVERIS EXTRA.


MAN IS HIS OWN STAR; AND THE SOUL THAT CAN RENDER AN HONEST AND A PERFECT MAN, COMMANDS ALL LIGHT* ALL INFLUENCE, ALL FATE; NOTHING TO HIM FALLS EARL* OR TOO LATE. OUR ACTS OUR *NGELS A*E, OR GOOD OR ILL, OUR FATAL SHADOWS THAT WALK BY US STILL* EPILOGUE TO BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER S HONEST MAN S FORTUNE


CAST THE BANTLING O* THE RO**S, SUCKLE *IM WITH THE SHE-WOLF S TEAT* WINTE*ED WI*H THE HAWK AND FOX, POWER AND SPEE* BE HA*DS A*D FEE*. *


ESSAY I* SELF-RELIANCE


I R*AD THE *THE* *AY SOME VERSES WRITTEN *Y AN EMI*ENT PAIN*E* WHICH WERE ORIGINAL *ND *OT CON*ENTIONAL. THE SOUL ALW*YS HEARS AN A*MONI*ION IN SUCH LINES, LET T*E S*BJECT BE WHAT I* MAY* THE SENT*M*NT THEY INSTIL IS OF MORE V*LUE THAN ANY THO*GHT THEY M*Y CONTAIN. *O BEL*EVE YO*R *WN T*OU**T, TO BELIEVE THA* WHA* *S TRUE FO* YOU IN *OUR PRIVATE HEAR* *S TRUE FOR A** MEN, � THAT IS GENIU*. SPEAK YOUR LATE*T C*NVICTIO*, AND IT SHALL BE THE UNIVER**L S*NS** *OR **E I*MOST *N DU* *IME *ECOMES TH* OUTMOST*�* AN* OUR FIRST THOUGHT ** RENDE*ED BACK TO US BY THE TRUM*ETS OF T** LAS* JUDGM**T. FAMILIAR AS TH* *OIC* OF THE **ND IS TO EA*H* THE HIGHES* ME*IT *E A*CRIBE TO M*SES, PLATO, AND *ILTO* IS, TH*T THE* SET AT NAU**T BO**S **D *RADITIONS* A*D SP*KE NOT **AT M** B** W*** T*EY **OUGHT* * M*N S*O**D LEARN *O DETECT AND WATCH THA* GL*AM *F *IGH* WHICH *L*SH*S ACR*SS HI* MIND FROM WIT*IN, *ORE T**N T*E LUSTRE *F TH* FIRMAMENT O* B*RDS *ND SAG*S* YET HE D*SMI**E* W*T*OUT NO*ICE H*S THOUGHT, BE*AU*E IT IS H*S. IN EVE*Y WOR* O* *EN*U* WE R*COG*IZE **R O** REJE**E* THOU*H*S* THEY *OME B*CK TO U* WITH A *E*TAIN ALI*NATE* MAJES*Y. *R**T W**KS OF ART H*** NO *ORE A***C**NG LESSON *OR *S *HAN THI*. *HE* T***H *S T* *BIDE B* OUR S*ONTANEOU* IMPRESSIO* *IT* G**D*H**O*E* I*FLEX*BILI*Y THEN MOS* WH*N *** WHOLE C** *F *OI*ES IS O* T*E O*HE* SI**. ELSE, TO-M*R**W * S**AN*ER WIL* *A* WITH MAS***L* GO*D SEN*E P*E*I*ELY WHAT WE HA** THOU*H* A** F*L* *LL T** TIME, *ND W* SHALL BE F*RCE* TO T*KE WITH SHAM* OUR O** OPINI*N F*OM ANOTHER. *


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W*AT I MUST DO IS ALL THAT CONCERNS ME, NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE *HI*K. THIS RULE, EQUALLY ARDUOUS IN ACTUAL AND IN INTELLECTUAL LIFE, MAY SERVE FOR THE WHOLE DISTINCTION BETWEEN GREATNESS AND MEANNESS. IT IS THE HARDER,

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