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

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From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 151, 155, 202, 324, 369, 413, 415, 416, 428, 431, 435, 436, 448.

From Unitarianism in America by Cooke, George Willis

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, quotations from; his knowledge of nature.

From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by Burroughs, John