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Language in Emerson's Self-reliance essay
Greetings all. This week in school we are reading excerps of Emerson's "Self-Reliance".
There is some wording in this essay that strikes me a being a little to modern, Something that usually wouldnt come up in 19th century talk.
"The other terror that scares us from self trust is our consistency; a reverance for our past act or word because the eyes of others have no other Data for computer our orbitThan our past acts, and we are loth to disappoint them...."
Doesnt that seem a little odd to you? Does anyone know something about the 19th century that I dont? Im not going to jump to the obvious we-have-time-travel thing. Thats is really absurd. I want this to be a serious discussion about the essay "Self-Reliance" and why he chose those words.
please comment.
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