The "ever-blessed One" refers to the unity of our souls with the soul of God. It's what Emerson elsewhere calls the "Over-Soul," God's presence in us and all things. Emerson isn't very clear about how it works, not even in his essay "The Over-Soul." And in "Self-Reliance," he makes relatively few explicit statements about the One. But we can glean several pieces of information here. At the beginning of the essay, Emerson alludes to...
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