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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Title: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Release Date: June 24, 2004 [EBook #12700]
Language: English
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American Men of Letters
EDITED BY
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER.
"_Thou wert the morning star among the living, Ere thy fair light had fled: Now, having died, thou art as Hesperus, giving New splendor to the dead._"
American Men of Letters
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
BY
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
1891
NOTE.
My thanks are due to the members of Mr. Emerson's family, and the other friends who kindly assisted me by lending interesting letters and furnishing valuable information.
The Index, carefully made by Mr. J.H. Wiggin, was revised and somewhat abridged by myself.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
BOSTON, November 25, 1884.
CONTENTS.
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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I.
1803-1823. To AET. 20.
Birthplace.--Boyhood.--College Life.
CHAPTER II.
1823-1828. AET. 20-25.
Extract from a Letter to a Classmate.--School-Teaching.--Study of Divinity.--"Approbated" to Preach.--Visit to the South.--Pr