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 I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide. Emily Bronte (1818-1848)
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I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.
Perhaps it means people must follow what they believe in or principles which leads them to show who they are. It is annoying to do such thing such as irrelevant ethics forcing to hide oneself.
People don't need to choose to be a better person but they need to be themselves
"nature means own qualities or or own identity".
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Dear Emily,
You are the only perfect person that ever lived who was born with all knowledge. May God continue to bless you.
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Good on you Emily! You're on the right track.
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Conservatives would say Emily is being stubborn, unsubmissive. Independent thinkers would say, "You go, girl!" Without context for this quote and specific background on why Emily chose these words, I can't take a stand. I like independent thinkers, though. They make all of us think with their stirring.
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Daemon wrote:<script>add2all('quote')</script><img align=left width="100" height="122" src="http://img.tfd.com/IOD/bronteE.jpg">I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.<br><br><a href="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bront%eb">Emily Bronte</a> (1818-1848) I could live without your company quite frankly dear
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.- Diderot
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Hupomone wrote:Conservatives would say Emily is being stubborn, unsubmissive. Independent thinkers would say, "You go, girl!" Without context for this quote and specific background on why Emily chose these words, I can't take a stand. I like independent thinkers, though. They make all of us think with their stirring. Au contraire. Many conservatives would agree with her statement- to a point. One can have faith and still have boundless choices. In fact, I doubt if very many would take her words full face without a caveat. What if one's natural path leads them down the road with Hannibal Lecter?
"Those who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
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[quote=Hupomone]Conservatives would say Emily is being stubborn, unsubmissive. Independent thinkers would say, "You go, girl!" Without context for this quote and specific background on why Emily chose these words, I can't take a stand. I like independent thinkers, though. They make all of us think with their stirring.[/quot
EArly Sarah Palin?
Feed Your Head-Grace Slick
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Carmelo wrote:Dear Emily,
You are the only perfect person that ever lived who was born with all knowledge. May God continue to bless you. I thought only Jesus was perfect.
Little drops of water~Little grains of sand~Make the mighty ocean~And the pleasant land~So the little moments~Humble though they be~Make the mighty ages ~Of Eternity/by Julia Fletcher Carney
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I like this quote.
Little drops of water~Little grains of sand~Make the mighty ocean~And the pleasant land~So the little moments~Humble though they be~Make the mighty ages ~Of Eternity/by Julia Fletcher Carney
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I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.
Emily Bronte (1818-1848)
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I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to be forced another guide.
"Supposin' I was to go to work and learn how to... to read writin'. Well, how'd I know that the feller that... that wrote the writin' was a writin' the writin' right? See it could be that he wrote the writin' all wrong. Here I'd be just a readin' wrong writin', don't ya see? You probably been doin' it your whole life, just a readin' wrong writin' and not even knowin‘ it." Festus
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bugdoctor wrote:...What if one's natural path leads them down the road with Hannibal Lecter? [/b] Chances are real good [for most] that the natural path isn't criminal, so I encourage bold people to be bold. It's called living and learning, and most of us go that route anyway. It is a path of victory as well as mistakes.
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fred wrote:I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.
Emily Bronte (1818-1848)
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I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to be forced another guide. I agree with Fred. I think this is much what she was trying to say.
Christine, I, too, like this quote.
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Hupomone wrote:bugdoctor wrote:...What if one's natural path leads them down the road with Hannibal Lecter? [/b] Chances are real good [for most] that the natural path isn't criminal, so I encourage bold people to be bold. It's called living and learning, and most of us go that route anyway. It is a path of victory as well as mistakes. Note the smiley face.
"Those who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
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Quote:I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide. This is an interesting quote. I would, however, take issue with the suggestion that what she was saying might be interpreted as a kind of "just be yourself" sort of advice. Rather, I think she's talking about not being led or directed; that being led cancels or opposes her sense of self.
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I think the Bonte sisters where all lesbians... dunno if it is related.
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