Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Cultural  

1. A nineteenth-century American lecturer and author; a leader of transcendentalism. In his essay “Self-Reliance” and in other works, Emerson stressed the importance of the individual and encouraged people to rely on their own judgment.

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Example Sentences

His 1934 marriage to Ruth Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson's grand-niece, ended in divorce, and he showed little interest in their son John.

From Time Magazine Archive

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, 337, 371, 389, 457.

From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 43, 80;  Representative Men, 80.

From A Manual of the Art of Fiction by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker

Emerson, Ralph Waldo: The American Scholar, Self-Reliance, Culture and Behavior may be read with profit by the young, even if they do not fully understand the philosophy.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1, 6, 75, 164, 192, 196, 209, 259, 271, 285, 292, 294; on “Kavanagh,” 199; his influence upon literature, 261, 262; lectures in Cambridge, 272.

From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth