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, his life and works, 75, 76; importance of his works, 112; John Beattie Crozier on, 112; quoted, 144.

From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 24; his lines on the sparrow's song, 32, 102.

From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John

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

From The Optimist's Good Morning by Perin, Florence Hobart