Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... Emerson in true perspective , related to his own time and to that ever interesting movement of which he was the chief figure , the Transcendental Movement of New England . Emerson was born ( the 25th May , 1803 , is the date of his ...
... Emerson in true perspective , related to his own time and to that ever interesting movement of which he was the chief figure , the Transcendental Movement of New England . Emerson was born ( the 25th May , 1803 , is the date of his ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. What , then , is Emerson's creed ? The difficulty of ascertaining what his views are has led some critics to the conclusion that he has none in particular , or that his creed is quite a formless and inexpressible one ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. What , then , is Emerson's creed ? The difficulty of ascertaining what his views are has led some critics to the conclusion that he has none in particular , or that his creed is quite a formless and inexpressible one ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. Nature has been made a new means of grace and help to salvation . There are many interesting features of a general charac- ter which in a longer study of Emerson might be profitably noticed . There is his mysticism ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Nature has been made a new means of grace and help to salvation . There are many interesting features of a general charac- ter which in a longer study of Emerson might be profitably noticed . There is his mysticism ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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