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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Transcendentalism Emerson would start
out as a Unitarian minister, but would soon move away from it, as he could no longer teach in good conscience many of the things believed by ordinary Christians.
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Biography Standing by
Emerson’s grave Walt Whitman noted: A just man, poised on himself, all-loving, all-inclosing, and sane and clear as the sun.”
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Emerson’s Essays: History “The student is to
read history actively and not passively; to esteem his own life the text, and books the commentary. He should see that he can live all history in his own person.”
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Emerson’s Essays: Compensation “But for every
benefit which you receive, a tax is levied. He is great who confers the most benefits. He is base to receive favors and render none.”
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Emerson’s Essays: Friendship “Every man alone is
sincere. At the entrance of a second person hypocrisy begins. A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.”
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Emerson’s Essays: Heroism “The essence of
greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.”
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Emerson’s Essays: The Over-Soul
“The philosophy of six thousand years has not searched the chambers and magazines of the soul. Man is a stream whose source is hidden.”
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Emerson’s Essays: Self-Reliance “We but half express
ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents.”
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Emerson’s Essays: Self-Reliance
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions.”
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Emerson’s Essays: Self-Reliance “We must go alone. I
like the silent church before the service begins better than any preaching.”