First Impression of "On Self-Reliance"

Latin is the root of everything romance. It's especially the roots of the Spanish language.
Latin takes us back to our roots.
That's why Emerson writes his first verse in Latin to make a connection back to our roots.

Admiliton - Is a warning( when told not to do something)
Emerson is a genius for writing "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men".
Its the belief in you that's worth celebrating. What people admire. 
It's the belief that's genius, not the actual thought. 

Emerson knows that when we have a good idea were sometimes too scared to say it because we're afraid no one will listen, but soon after another person says it out allowed and they get all the credit for your good idea. You then feel dumb because it turned out to be a great idea and you had no credit for it.
Whatever happens, is the function of your work. Nothing happens unless you make it happen.