Share 'Ralph Waldo Emerson--"SELF-RELIANCE" Part 1'

I was reading this morning, as a try to do every morning, and I decided on an essay that discusses the idea of "self reliance". Here are a few paragraphs that I found interesting. I am posting these excerpts to create conversation and exploration. "My life is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than it should be glitt...