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"The other terror that scares us from self-trust is our own consistency"

We are the only ones who can keep ourselves up and keep our trust in ourselves. This aligns with self-reliance because it shows that we are the ones who have to keep and make sure that we do not get broken down from our own fears.

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"Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life’s cultivation;"

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"I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions." This statement shows how much he disagrees how people bend to society's beliefs/values/feelings and would rather have people be their own individual.

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"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. accept the place the divine providence has found for you.", this quote supports the idea of finding your calling.

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"It is harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it."

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"These are the voices which we hear in solitude ,but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world." this quote supports the idea that individuals are capable og making their own decisions without the help of society.

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"The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do ,nor does he know until he has tried.…"

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"To believe your own thought, to believe that what as true for you in your private heart is true for all men--that is genius", this quote supports the idea that it comes from within, and each person is separate from others.

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"Both valued self-reliance. Both thought it was the highest calling of human beings to improve and perfect themselves and their world."

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"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to the iron string." This statement aligns with understanding comes from within. Having self trust.

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"The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude"

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"What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think." This statement aligns with Emerson's idea that individuals are capable of making their own decisions without society's influence or approval.