This work asserts that prayer for the sake of achieving a private end is "meanness and theft," arguing that a farmer who kneels to plant his seeds will be met with more success than one who kneels in a church.
This work asserts that prayer for the sake of achieving a private end is "meanness and theft," arguing that a farmer who kneels to plant his seeds will be met with more success than one who kneels in a church. One section of this work imagines its narrator telling an abolitionist to show the kindness that he does to slaves a thousand miles away to his family, remarking that "thy love afar is spite at home." It bemoans the "superstition of (*) Traveling," which its author laments only exists for a want of culture. This work argues against the virtue of consistency, remarking that there is no reason to drag about a "corpse of memory" and claiming that "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist." It goes on to state that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." For 10 points, name this essay urging "Trust thyself" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
This work asserts that prayer for the sake of achieving a private end is "meanness and theft," arguing that a farmer who kneels to plant his seeds will be met with more success than one who kneels in a church.
"Self-Reliance"