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the man breathes. “Thy lot or portion of life,” said the
Caliph Ali, “is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest
from seeking after it.” Our dependence on these for­
eign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers.
The political parties meet in numerous conventions; the
greater the concourse and with each new uproar of an­
nouncement, The delegation from Essex! The Demo­
crats from New Hampshire! The Whigs of Maine! The
young patriot feels himself stronger than before by a
new thousand of eyes and arms. In like manner the re­
formers summon conventions and vote and resolve in
multitude. Not so, O friends! Will the God deign to en­
ter and inhabit you, but by a method precisely the re­
verse. It is only as a man puts off all foreign support
and stands alone that I see him to be strong and to pre­
vail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not
a man better than a town? He who knows that power is
inborn, that he is weak because he has looked for good
out of him and elsewhere, and, so perceiving, throws
himself unhesitatingly on his thought, instantly fights
himself, stands in the erect position, commands his
limbs, works miracles; just as a man who stands on his
feet is stronger than a man who stands on his head.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
3. The film industry changed from silent films to the “talk­
ies” in the late 1920s, after the success in 1927 of The
Jazz Singer. Mickey Mouse was one of the few “stars”
who made a smooth transition from silent films to talk­
ies. Mickey made his first cartoon with sound in No­
vember 1928. The cartoon was called Steamboat Willie.
Walt Disney (1901-1966) drew Mickey as well as used
his own voice for Mickey’s highpitched tones. Within
a year, hundreds of Mickey Mouse clubs had sprung
up all across the United States. By 1931, more than a
million people belong to a Mickey Mouse club. The
phenomenon was not confined to America. In London,

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