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- A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, - To be great is to be misunderstood - we may do something out of character and we know its out character because we know who we are - we all have influence on someone in our lives  - You cant avoid being great or inspiring  

- Nothing is at last scared but integrity of your own mind - i ought to go up right and vital and speak the rude truth in all ways. If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy -  philanthropy - donation of money to good causes - Emerson is not against charity but he is against it if you're doing it to portray yourself as a good person.    -virtues - good qualities or traits - For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure     What i took out of this section of Emerson's essay and what Dr Preston said was that people believe and think  they're doing "good" for whatever reason. But in reality they're doing it to portray themselves as something there not and they dont even realise it. Another thing i took out of what Dr Preston said was that everyone has a uniform just like Dr Preston said. Everyone wants and trys to be different but they dont see that they're being like everyone else. I think people should stay true to themsel

- society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members - 

- our acts our angles are , or good or ill - To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, - that is genius. - toil - listen to our own thoughts My first impression of this story was that it was a little motivational I believe we just gotta stay true to our selves and not try to follow other peoples steps.