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1、Self-ReliancefromEssays:FirstSeries(1841)RalphWaldoEmerson"Netequaesiverisextra.""Manishisownstar;andthesoulthatcanRenderanhonestandaperfectman,Commandsalllight,allinfluence,allfate;Nothingtohimfallsearlyortoolate.Ouractsourangelsare,orgoodorill,Ourfa
2、talshadowsthatwalkbyusstill."EpiloguetoBeaumontandFletcher'sHonestMan'sFortuneCastthebantlingontherocks,Sucklehimwiththeshe-wolf'steat;Winteredwiththehawkandfox,Powerandspeedbehandsandfeet.ESSAYIISelf-RelianceIreadtheotherdaysomeverseswrittenbyanemine
3、ntpainterwhichwereoriginalandnotconventional.Thesoulalwayshearsanadmonitioninsuchlines,letthesubjectbewhatitmay.Thesentimenttheyinstilisofmorevaluethananythoughttheymaycontain.Tobelieveyourownthought,tobelievethatwhatistrueforyouinyourprivateheartistr
4、ueforallmen,—thatisgenius.Speakyourlatentconviction,anditshallbetheuniversalsense;fortheinmostinduetimebecomestheoutmost,——andourfirstthoughtisrenderedbacktousbythetrumpetsoftheLastJudgment.Familiarasthevoiceofthemindistoeach,thehighestmeritweascribet
5、oMoses,Plato,andMiltonis,thattheysetatnaughtbooksandtraditions,andspokenotwhatmenbutwhattheythought.Amanshouldlearntodetectandwatchthatgleamoflightwhichflashesacrosshismindfromwithin,morethanthelustreofthefirmamentofbardsandsages.Yethedismisseswithout
6、noticehisthought,becauseitishis.Ineveryworkofgeniuswerecognizeourownrejectedthoughts:theycomebacktouswithacertainalienatedmajesty.Greatworksofarthavenomoreaffectinglessonforusthanthis.Theyteachustoabidebyourspontaneousimpressionwithgood-humoredinflexi
7、bilitythenmostwhenthewholecryofvoicesisontheotherside.Else,to-morrowastrangerwillsaywithmasterlygoodsensepreciselywhatwehavethoughtandfeltallthetime,andweshallbeforcedtotakewithshameourownopinionfromanother.Thereisatimeineveryman'seducationwhenhearriv
8、esattheconvictionthatenvyisignorance;thatimitationissuicide;thathemusttakehimselfforbetter,forworse,ashisportion;thatthoughthewideuniverseisfullofgood,nokernelofnourishingcorncancometohimbutthroughhistoilbestowedonthatplotofgroundwhichisgivent
