First, Emerson’s self-reliance is a piece of writing where the writer is really attempting to get the reader to stop reading the writing. From the first paragraph you are repeatedly told to just depend upon your self. Quite tempting to just close the pages and not read it.
There are reasons to keep reading the essay. One whole measure of thought is the knowledge that you are here today - engaged to the day and what it brings and what it takes if you are self-reliant. This is your reveal, measured by another day, a moment, to be yourself and see the universe through your eyes. Your eyes given you by the universe that you are a select member. To be at wonder as you receive the particulars of the processes that surround and make the frame of your being,
And yet, there are processes and the information they produce that at times I will see what others say. I will surrender to the expertise of others. I will be happy to have your special understanding assist with the present. In so doing I put my faith in your effort
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