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How Emerson Can Help You Become a Stoic Nonconformist

The Art of Manliness

CHAPTER

The Power of Vitality

Emerson wrote about the idea of confidence, enthusiasm and vitality. He was never a strong man physically; he had tuberculosis from the time he was a young boy. Vibrant is that force that through the green fuse drives the flower says Dylan Thomas. We can't fritter our energies away trying to imitate other people.

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