"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."Ralph Emerso was born on May 25th 1803, in Boston, MA.He passed away on April 27, 1882. While being here for almost 79 years, He was known as a essayist, poet, lecturer and a philosopher and one of the primary people who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century
Ralph attended college at Harvard university where he was licensed as a minster in 1829, just like his father was. Later he married Ellen Tucker, but there marriage only lasted for a few years. His wife pass away due to tuberculosis, after that he resigned from being a minster.
From then on Ralph went to Europe where he meet Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth where he would continue his studies. around 1833 he would return to the United States to lecture about his experiences and beliefs. With the American transcendentalist he had published "The American Scholar" novel which was based from a lecture he gave in 1837, which promoted writers to have there own style of writing. then in 1841 he wrote "Self-Reliance" which was based on pursuing one thoughts and intuition rather then adhering to the public norm.
-Ty Harper Section 5
not sure how many runs i had before we went remotely
semester remotely - 9 runs 1 base
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I've never heard him referred to sans "Waldo"...
ReplyDeleteBest thing I've ever read about him was William James's centenary address. "[T]his is Emerson's revelation: The point of any pen can be an epitome of reality; the commonest person's act, if genuinely actuated, can lay hold of eternity. This vision is the head-spring of all his outpourings; and it is for this truth, given to no previous literary artist to express in such penetratingly persuasive tones, that prosperity will reckon him a prophet..." https://arisbe.sitehost.iu.edu/menu/library/aboutcsp/James/1903EM.htm
He must've been a pretty unique individual is he was able to be a poet, essayist, lecturer, as well as a successful philosopher. I think it is unfortunate that her quit being a minister due to the death of his wife. The quote that you put of him gives people a good insight of what he beliefs are. It is what it is.
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