Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 19, 42, 57, 87, 108, 124, 127, 151, 158, 185, 210, 228, 271, 281, 344.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 85, 86, 87, 97.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 43, 45, 52.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 17; 181-92; 249.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 38, 139; Bret Harte’s meeting with, 227.

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