loppear reviewed Self-reliance, and other essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Dover thrift editions)
just Self-Reliance
4 stars
Sharp rant on rejecting conformity and consistency with society or your past self, the wisdom of humanity we too easily revere in ancient and rare men is accessible to each of us by introspection and independent lived experience. Even with the theme's obvious early-US-individualism shortcomings in considering collective or interdependent life, this is a quality call for reset.