"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men -that is genius."

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a renowned philospher, lecturer, poet and writer. He lived in the time of the lyceum movement, in which popular lecturers travelled throughout the U.S., leading debates and discussions about the great topics of the day.


Emerson's individualism ---- that every individual should be self-reliant ---- finds a forceful & well reasoned expression in the essay " Self - reliance " . "Self-Reliance," published in 1841, is an essay that urges readers to trust in their own intuition and common sense-rather than automatically following popular opinion and conforming to the will of the majority-when making a decision. Be yourself. Trust your own inner voice is the theme of this essay which is repeated by Emerson throughout the essay in different ways. For example, he urges his readers to retain the outspokenness of a small child who......

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Title: Self Reliance
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