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Ralph Emerson

NatureRalph Waldo Emerson Nature INTRODUCTION OUR age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories, and criticism. The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation...

Ihmiskunnan edustajaRalph Waldo Emerson Ihmiskunnan edustaja Esipuhe Ralph Waldo Emerson syntyi 25 p. toukok. 1803 Bostonissa. Hän kuului vuonna 1685 Amerikaan muuttaneeseen englantilaiseen dissenters' sukuun. [Dissenters'eiksi nimitettiin Englannissa valtiokirkkoon kuulumattomia uskonlahkoja.] H...

The Conduct of LifeRalph Waldo Emerson The Conduct of Life I FATE Delicate omens traced in airTo the lone bard true witness bare;Birds with auguries on their wingsChanted undeceiving thingsHim to beckon, him to warn;Well might then the poet scornTo learn of scribe or courierHints writ in vaster c...

English TraitsRalph Waldo Emerson English Traits CHAPTER I. – FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I have been twice in England. In 1833, on my return from a short tour in Sicily, Italy, and France, I crossed from Boulogne, and landed in London at the Tower stairs. It was a dark Sunday morning; there were few ...