Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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 Harry Lyman Koopman

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, primarily an essayist, 9.Emotional statement, 115.Emphasis, how secured, 110-112, 115, 116, 217-219.End of a paragraph, 175-179; of a sentence, 208-212.

From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

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

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Henry Childs Merwin

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

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