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About Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was a renowned lecturer and writer whose ideas on philosophy, religion, and literature influenced many writers, including Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. After an undergraduate career at Harvard, he studied at Harvard Divinity School and… More about Ralph Waldo Emerson
About The Portable Emerson. A comprehensive collection of writings by “the most influential writer of the nineteenth century” (Harold Bloom) Ralph Waldo Emerson’s diverse body of work has done more than perhaps any other thinker to shape and define the American mind. Literary giants including Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and ...
Jan 1, 2001 · 3,093 books5,030 followers. Follow. Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston in 1803. Educated at Harvard and the Cambridge Divinity School, he became a Unitarian minister in 1826 at the Second Church Unitarian. The congregation, with Christian overtones, issued communion, something Emerson refused to do.
1891 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson: 'To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.', 'For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.', and 'Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ...
Jan 1, 2001 · Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4.35. 426 ratings15 reviews. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism. The transcendentalists believe in the inherent goodness of both people and nature. They further believe that society and ...
Dec 30, 2014 · The Portable Emerson Paperback – December 30, 2014 by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author), Jeffrey S. Cramer (Editor, Contributor) 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 72 ratings
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations, Volume 2 Bohn's standard library The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations, Ralph Waldo Emerson: Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson: Publisher: Bell & Daldy, 1866: Original from: Oxford University ...
