The final volume of the Complete Works, Miscellanies, gathers together a diverse and unrelated selection of lectures and essays. Of particular importance is "The Lord’s Supper," Emerson’s final sermon as Junior Minister of the Second Church in Boston. Also of interest is the "Historical Discourse in Concord," which traces the important history of the town in American history. Also, "The Fugitive Slave Law" represents Emerson’s emergence as an active participant in the anti-slavery movement in America.
XXIX ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE CONCORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Â THE bishop of Cavaillon, Petrarch’s friend, in a playful experiment locked up the poet’s library, intending to exclude him from it for three days, but the poet’s misery…
XXVIII SPEECH AT THE SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FREE RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION, AT TREMONT TEMPLE FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1869 THOU metest him by centuries, And lo! he passes like the breeze; Thou seek’st in globe and galaxy, He hides in…
XXVII REMARKS AT THE MEETING FOR ORGANIZING THE FREE RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION, BOSTON MAY 30, 1867 IN many forms we try To utter God’s infinity, But the Boundless hath no form, And the Universal Friend Doth as far transcend An angel…
XXVI SPEECH AT BANQUET IN HONOR OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY BOSTON, 1860 NATURE creates in the East the uncontrollable yearning to escape from limitation into the vast and boundless, to use a freedom of fancy which plays with all works…
XXV WALTER SCOTT REMARKS AT THE CELEBRATION BY THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE CENTENNIAL NNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH, AUGUST 15, 1871 Scott, the delight of generous boys. Â As far as Sir Walter Scott aspired to be known for…
XXIV HUMBOLDT AN ABSTRACT OF MR. EMERSON’S REMARKS MADE AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, SEPTEMBER 14, 1869 Â “If a life prolonged to an advanced period bring with it several inconveniences…
XXIII REMARKS AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF SHAKSPEARE BY THE SATURDAY CLUB AT THE REVERE HOUSE, BOSTON, 1864 ENGLAND’S genius filled all measure Of heart and soul, of strength and pleasure, Gave to…
XXII ROBERT BURNS SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE BURNS CENTENARY, BOSTON JANUARY 25, 1859 “His was the music to whose tone The common pulse of man keeps time In cot or castle’s mirth or moan, In cold or…
XXI ADDRESS TO THE INHABITANTS OF CONCORD AT THE CONSECRATION OF SLEEPY HOLLOW SEPTEMBER 29, 1855 SLEEPY HOLLOW “No abbey’s gloom, nor dark cathedral stoops, No winding torches paint the midnight air; Here the green pines delight, the aspen droops…
XIX ADDRESS TO KOSSUTH AT CONCORD, MAY 11, 1852 God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor. My angel, – his name is Freedom,…