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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Main Points: Emerson writes about how people get praised if they do many bad things and one good thing. To be great is to be misunderstood Thoughts: Having ideas that not everyone understands is better than having a bunch of people that do, why?, because it's an original idea meaning you've learned something on your own or something that gathered your attention.  We pass for who we are Thoughts:Maybe, You can pretend to act a certain way to fool others about who you really are but in the beginning till the end you'll always be the same as you could never pass for anyone but yourself. A foolish consistencyy is the hobgoblin of little

First Impression Self-Reliance

 The first paragraph was honestly something like a reality check. Where he says you should believe in your own thoughts. I agree so much with the first paragraph because that is something I feel strongly about. I agree that everyone should start becoming their own person and not the person others want them to be. Like how Dr. Preston said " You're the only person living your life" i think people should learn from that and start making their own choices instead of being influenced by other people. Also what I wrote on my journal related to this topic to where i said we all need to start being ourselves before we end up like copies of billions of people we already have. Stay true to yourself be different you'll win like that stop following trends.