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The Song 100 suns by 30 seconds to Mars is about not blindly believing what society tells you to, but what you feel. The song begins with the lyrics "I believe in nothing" then the songs starts to list common beliefs in society. Then, the lyrics, "I believe in nothing, but the beating of my heart" exposing the call for individuality that the band wants in their life, and the life of their audience. Almost parallel to Emerson's message of self-reliance.

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And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but redeemers and Benefactors, pious aspirants to be noble clay plastic under the almighty effort, let us advance on Chaos and Darkness...

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Genghis Khan is the founder of the Mongol Empire. He half the known world with the deaths of 1/10 of mankind, but also ended slavery and promoted tolerance. Today, historians still don't agree on his character, and they are all most likely wrong.

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In Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen, the protagonist, Rorschach preaches a strict absolute moral code and relies entirely on himself. Never bending his rules, and always sticking to who he is, even if that means his life. "No. Not even in the face of Armageddon, Never Compromise"- Rorschach

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Ethos: Emerson feels that he is misunderstood (since he is great), so he backs up this assertion by naming the philosophers and other great thinkers that we can never get a true understanding of, backing up his claim.

Logos: Emerson says that if man was truly made for greatness, then one should reach the highest possible destiny simply because man can. And demands the christian audience to follow their own logic.

Pathos: In the first paragraph, Emerson speaks out to the dreamer in all of us, saying how once we all see "envy" as "ignorance" and "imitation" as "suicide," and from their he builds off our own emotions

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SELF RELIANCE PROJECTBy Joseph Martinez