https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni By: Katie Griffin en-us 2018-11-19 00:36:27 UTC 2025-10-17 18:01:37 UTC hello@padlet.com katiegriffin222 https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305762709 In the essay Self Reliance, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, he states "It is the harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it," (Emerson pg. 118). What this quote means is that there will always be someone who thinks they know you and continues to tell you what you should be doing or how you should be acting. You should never listen to these people because you know yourself better than anyone. The purpose of that paragraph is to inform that there will always be people that listen to other's opinions and live their lives by what others have to say, but it is a great man who doesn't listen to the opinions of others and stays independent.  ]]> 2018-11-19 03:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305762709 katiegriffin222 https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763509 Emerson says in his essay, "The other terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency," (Emerson pg. 119). This quote means that we are scared to trust ourselves and move on because of what has happened in the past. The paragraph talks about how the eyes of others just remember your mistakes and past experiences, and they don't acknowledge all the great things you may do in the future. Don't let your past faults keep you from moving forward in the future. ]]> 2018-11-19 03:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763509 katiegriffin222 https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763569 In the essay Self Reliance by Emerson he states, "There is a mortifying experience in particular, which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history; I mean "the foolish face of praise," the forced smile which were put on in company where we do not feel at ease, in answer to conversation which does not interest us," (Emerson pg. 119). This quote means that people tend to be fake or act different around other people when they talk about what they seem to think is interesting, but is not at all to us. We fear we may upset the person so we smile and continue the conversation even though it may be painful.  This paragraph mainly talks about how we copy those before and around us that are achieving great things and are successful, so there is really no original man.  

]]> 2018-11-19 03:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763569 katiegriffin222 https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763623 Emerson states in his essay Self Reliance, "Character teaches above our wills. Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment," (Emerson pg. 120). This quote means that men think they display their character only through certain actions in which they want to display their character or what they want to be perceived as, but in reality there character can be found at any time through their actions and how they go about their life. This paragraph mainly talks about how all men are characters and if you read them, they are all the same. No matter the characters appearance or name, they are all the same.  ]]> 2018-11-19 03:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763623 katiegriffin222 https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763674 Emerson explains in his essay Self Reliance, "Ordinarily, every body in society reminds us of somewhat else, or of some other person," (Emerson pg. 121). This quote talks about how every man in society relates or can remind someone of a person that has already lived or changed the world. There can be no original man because everyone has come from man and been taught the same things. The paragraph talks about how there is not one single person responsible for making a man or teaching all men. Everyone is taught by what has already been done or learned, therefore no one is truly original.  ]]> 2018-11-19 03:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763674 katiegriffin222 https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763713 In his essay Self Reliance, Emerson states, "The world has indeed been instructed by its kings, who have so magnetized the eyes of nations," (Emerson pg. 122).  This quote explains how the higher up powers of the world control society and teach everyone what to do and to believe in there country.  The higher up men with power control all the other men.  The paragraph explains how we are astonished by the higher powers of man and let them do as they please.  ]]> 2018-11-19 03:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763713 katiegriffin222 https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763907 Emerson says, "We are like children who repeat by rote the sentences of grandames and tutors, and, as they grow older, of the men of talents and character they chance to see, - painfully recollecting the exact words they spoke," (Emerson pg. 123). This quote talks about how children grow up to talk and act like their influencers or who taught them what they know. There can be no original opinion in this process because it is solely due to what you have been exposed to in the past. The paragraph then goes on to talk about how we grow older our opinions change as to what we want to believe. The author says that man needs to live with god and to truly 
form your own opinion.    ]]> 2018-11-19 03:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763907 katiegriffin222 https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763928 Emerson says, "All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves," (Emerson pg. 129). This quote means that all men focus on improving society rather than improving themselves to become a better man. This paragraph talks about how society will never advance If we don't improve man before we improve society.  ]]> 2018-11-19 03:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763928 katiegriffin222 https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763946 Emerson states, "They measure their esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is," (Emerson pg. 130). This quote means that people's happiness is based on what they have and not based on how they are as a person. A mans self esteem is not based on how happy he is, but how happy the objects he has make him. This paragraph goes on to talk about how man starts to hate himself based on what he has, and no man is ever satisfied with what he has.   ]]> 2018-11-19 03:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763946 katiegriffin222 https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763960 Emerson states, "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles," (Emerson pg. 131). This quote means that nothing makes you at peace with yourself than your principals. This paragraph talks about how men gamble with fortune and some may loose it or gain it, but nothing will truly make you at peace with yourself than following through with your principals.  ]]> 2018-11-19 03:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/katiegriffin222/p5vqj9kmk7ni/wish/305763960