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Travel writing / philosophical reflection

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Individual character, independence, nature, social observation, inquiry and the relation between personal temperament and experience.

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Be Yourself 1Courage 1Identity 1Independence 1Inspirational 1Life 1Life Advice 1Love 1Motivation For Life 1Self Love 1Self Reliance 1Self Trust 1Self-Worth 1Journey 1
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“Whether this be the best way is of no consequence, if it be the one individual character points out.”
Margaret Fuller · Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 · 1844

Fuller gives individual character real authority in choosing a path: the decisive question is whether the course belongs honestly to the person living it.

Source note: Summer on the Lakes, in 1843; the sentence appears in Fuller’s dialogic reflection on temperament, inquiry, and following the direction one’s own character requires.

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