American Transcendentalism
Self-Reliance & Essays
Ralph Waldo Emerson • The Philosophy of Non-Conformity, Intuition, and Self-Trust
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Self-Reliance • The Soul and Conformity
"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist."
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