Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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eyes of thy own?"--CARLYLE.]
[Footnote 179: Give examples of men who have been made to feel the displeasure of the world for their nonconformity.] [Footnote 180: "Nihil tam incertum nec tam inæstimabile est quam animi multitudinis."--LIVY, xxxi. 34. "Mobile mutatur semper cum principe vulgus." CLAUDIANUS, _De IV. Consul. Honorii_, 302. ] [Footnote 181: _The other terror._ The first, conformity, has just been treated.] [Footnote 182: Consistency. Compare, on the other hand, the well-known saying, "Consistency, thou art a jewel."] [Footnote 183: Orbit, course in life.] [Footnote 184: Somewhat, something.] [Footnote 185: See _Genesis_, xxxix. 12.] [Footnote 186: Pythagoras (fl. about 520 B.C.), a Greek philosopher. His society was scattered and persecuted by the fury of the populace.] [Footnote 187: Socrates (470?-399 B.C.), the great Athenian philosopher, whose teachings are the subject of most of Plato's |
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