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Thomas Taylor in America – by George Mills Harper Offered by RWE.org with temporary permission of Princeton University Press Editorial note: This text comes from a book entitled Thomas Taylor, The Platonist, published by Princeton U.…
JOURNAL XXVII 1836 (From Journal B) [MR. AND MRS. EMERSON were now settled in their new home, his younger brother Charles being an inmate there, beloved and reverenced by both. Each week, the stage which passed their house brought…
The Correspondence Of Thomas Carlyle And Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Volume I, and Volume II are letters are now available. Thanks to everybody who has made a contribution and who has made this new addition possible.
The Correspondence Of Thomas Carlyle And Ralph Waldo Emerson 1834-1872 Volume I. “To my friend I write a letter, and from him I receive a letter. It is a spiritual gift, worthy of him to give, and of me to…
This excerpt from Richard Geldard’s book God In Concord is the epilogue of the book and provides an insight into the core ideas which influenced Emerson throughout his life. In the early 1860s, at a point in his life when…
What would a modern day adventure in the exploration of self-reliance look like? Perhaps Reid Stowe gives us a glimpse of that journey through his life long passion for sailing. The 75 foot Gaff Schooner Ann is currently docked in…
This article was prepared for the 2005 ALA Convention in Boston in celebration of the publishing of The Conduct of Life volume in Harvard’s series of the Collected Works. Also see:Escapar de Vinculos Falsos (Spanish translation)
This recent article by Harold Fromm appears in the Spring 2004 issue of The Hudson Review. It is both a review of Laurence Buell's Emerson and a thoughtful examination of Emerson's relation to Darwin's theory of evolution. Â
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