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Page 11
... importance ; and indeed , I am — to myself . To myself I am the most important person in the world ; though I do not forget that , not even taking into consideration so grand a conception as the Absolute , but from the standpoint of ...
... importance ; and indeed , I am — to myself . To myself I am the most important person in the world ; though I do not forget that , not even taking into consideration so grand a conception as the Absolute , but from the standpoint of ...
Page 184
... important by far , is the freedom to follow his own bent , and the other is confidence in himself . Notwithstanding his pretension and his susceptible vanity the author when he compares his work with what he intended it to be is never ...
... important by far , is the freedom to follow his own bent , and the other is confidence in himself . Notwithstanding his pretension and his susceptible vanity the author when he compares his work with what he intended it to be is never ...
Page 227
... important , can have but an ephemeral value ; for his merit is that he responds to the needs of , and points the way to , his own generation . A new generation arises with other needs , a new way stretches before it ; he has nothing ...
... important , can have but an ephemeral value ; for his merit is that he responds to the needs of , and points the way to , his own generation . A new generation arises with other needs , a new way stretches before it ; he has nothing ...
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