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Uses of Great Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson
IT is natural to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be heroes,…
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The Poet by Ralph Waldo Emerson
from Essays: Second Series (1844)A moody child and wildly wisePursued the game with joyful eyes,Which chose, like meteors, their way,And…
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The Over-Soul by Ralph Waldo Emerson
from Essays: First Series (1841)“But souls that of his own good life partake,He loves as his own self; dear as…
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The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The American Scholar was Emerson’s speech delivered on August 31, 1837. It was retrieved from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson,…
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Spiritual Laws by Ralph Waldo Emerson
When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought,…
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Shakspeare; or The Poet by Ralph Waldo Emerson
This essay is excerpted from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Merrill’s English Texts, published in 1907. Transcriber’s Note: Shakspeare is…
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Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-Reliance (1841) is an exemplar work in the genre of Transcendentalism, Emerson’s staunch call for individualism. “The great man is…
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Prudence by Ralph Waldo Emerson
What right have I to write ont of the negative sort? My prudence consists in avoiding and going without, not…
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