Centenary Edition

The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Volume I – Nature, Addresses & Lectures Nature: Introduction I. Nature II. Commodity III. Beauty IV. Language V. Discipline VI. Idealism VII. Spirit VIII. Prospects The American Scholar Divinity School Address Literary Ethics The Method of Nature Man the Reformer Introductory Lecture on the Times The Conservative The Transcendentalist The Young American Volume II – Essays I I. History II. Self-Reliance III. Compensation IV. Spiritual Laws V. Love VI Friendship VII. Prudence VIII Heroism IX. The Over-Soul X. Circles XI. Intellect XII. Art Volume III – Essays II I The Poet II Experience III Character IV Manners V Gifts VI Nature VII Politics VIII Nominalist and Realist IX New England Reformers Volume IV – Representative Men Uses of Great Men Plato; or, the Philosopher Swedenborg; or, the Mystic Montaigne; or, the Skeptic Shakspeare; or, the Poet Napoleon; or, the Man of the World Goethe; or, the Writer Volume V – English Traits I First Visit to England II Voyage to England III Land IV Race V Ability VI Manners VII Truth VIII Character IX Cockayne X Wealth XI Aristocracy XII Universities XIII Religion XIV Literature XV The “Times” XVI Stonehenge XVII Personal XVIII Result XIX Speech at Manchester Volume VI – Conduct of Life I Fate II Power III Wealth IV Culture V Behavior VI Worship VII Considerations by the Way VIII Beauty IX Illusions   Volume VII – Society and Solitude I Society and Solitude II Civilization III Art IV Eloquence V Domestic Life VI Farming VII Works and Days VIII Books IX Clubs X Courage XI Success XII Old Age    = Audio file

Volume VIII – Letters and Social Aims Poetry and Imagination Social Aims Eloquence Resources The Comic Quotation and Originality Progress of Culture Persian Poetry Inspiration Greatness Immortality Volume IX – Poems Volume X – Lectures and Biographical Sketches Demonology Aristocracy Perpetual Forces Character Education The Superlative The Sovereignty of Ethics The Preacher The Man of Letters The Scholar Plutarch Life and Letters in New England Ezra Ripley, D. D. Chardon Street Convention Mary Moody Emerson Samuel Hoar Thoreau Carlyle George L. Stearns Volume XI – Miscellanies I The Lord’s Supper II Historical Discourse at Concord III Letter to President Van Buren IV Emancipation in the British West Indies V War VI The Fugitive Slave Law VIII The Assault Upon Mr. Sumner IX Speech on Affairs in Kansas X John Brown–Speech at Boston XI John Brown–Speech at Salem XII Theodore Parker XIII American Civilization XIV The Emancipation Proclamation XV Abraham Lincoln XVI Harvard Commemoration Speech XVII Dedication of the Soldiers’ Monument in Concord XVIII Editors’ Address XIX Address to Kossuth XX Woman XXI Consecration of Sleepy Hollow Cemetary XXII Robert Burns XXIII Shakespeare XXIV Humboldt XXV Walter Scott XXVI Speech at Banquet in Honor of Chinese Embassy XXVII Remarks at Organization of Free Religious Association XXVIII Speech at Second Annual Meeting of Free Religion XXIX Address at Opening of Concord Free Public Library XXX The Fortune of the Republic Volume XII – Natural History of the Intellect and Other Papers Natural History of Intellect The Celebration of Intellect Country Life Concord Walks Michael Angelo Boston Milton Art and Criticism   Additional Material Abraham Lincoln Eulogy   Papers from the Dial I. Thoughts on Modern Literature II. Walter Savage Landor III. Prayers IV. Agriculture of Massachusetts V.  Europe and European Books VI. Past and Present VII.  A Letter VIII.  The Tragic