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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803­–1882) was a renowned lecturer and writer whose ideas on philosophy, religion, and literature influenced many writers, including Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. After an undergraduate career at Harvard, he studied at Harvard Divinity School and became an ordained minister, continuing a long line of ministers in his family. He traveled widely and lectured, and became well known for his publications Essays and Nature.
The Portable Emerson
Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature
The Spiritual Emerson
Representative Men
The American Transcendentalists
Emerson: Poems
Nature and Selected Essays
Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Selected Essays
The Portable Emerson

Books

The Portable Emerson
Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature
The Spiritual Emerson
Representative Men
The American Transcendentalists
Emerson: Poems
Nature and Selected Essays
Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Selected Essays
The Portable Emerson

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