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Reflective Thinking

  1. Essays: First Series
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Essays: First Series
    Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841

    These twelve essays examine how people think, form friendships, and find meaning in everyday experience. Self-Reliance turns the command "Trust thyself" into a challenge to accepted opinions.

    5h 30m reading time