Emerson:“Self- Reliance”(1841) An essay by emerson, published in Essays, First Series(1841 Trust thyself. Envy is ignorance. imitation is suicide be a nonconformist To be great is to be misunderstood Deference to authority to institutions, or to tradition Nothing is set last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” 1818 Emerson: “Self--Reliance” (1841) ◼ An essay by Emerson, published in Essays, First Series (1841). ◼ “Trust thyself,” ◼ “Envy is ignorance…imitation is suicide” ◼ be a nonconformist ◼ “To be great is to be misunderstood”; ◼ Deference to authority, to institutions, or to tradition. ◼ “Nothing is set last sacred but the integrity of your own mind