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by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 Prospects In inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason...

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 Spirit It is essential to a true theory of nature and of man, that it should contain somewhat...

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 Idealism Thus is the unspeakable but intelligible and practicable meaning of the world conveyed to...

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 Discipline In view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new This use of the world...

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 Language Language is a third use which Nature subserves to man. Nature is the vehicle, and threefold...

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 Beauty A nobler want of man is served by nature, namely, the love of Beauty. The ancient Greeks...

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 Commodity Whoever considers the final cause of the world, will discern a multitude of uses that...

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 Nature To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not...

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 In 1832, Emerson resigned his position as minister of Boston’s Old North Church. He traveled in...