C20: named after Waldo F. Jones, inventor in a science-fiction story by Robert Heinlein
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Susan B. Anthony, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman were among those who professed their belief in the revelatory power of skulls.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Ralph Waldo Emerson declared that Brown would “make the gallows as glorious as the cross.”
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s standards of literary criticism, like his philosophy, are focused on realism, felt experience and humanity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Police officers were directed to the back of a residence in the 5300 block of Waldo Place, the street where Lauren lives and where one of the suspects was seen running.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
He suggested I look into Ralph Waldo Emerson, a supposedly famous old poet.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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