Into this circle of pessimists was born Ralph Waldo Emerson, a man gifted with a large cheerful nature, ready to face the great questions of the day, but never made despondent by them. Although he ...

Today, many people do not know Ralph Waldo Emerson, and many of those who do ... If we feel alienated from nature, it is because we are suffering a hangover from a certain vanity of thought ...

He would refer to this man as his "master," Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1911. Courtesy: Library of Congress A Literary Giant Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was renowned in his day ...

When Ralph Waldo Emerson and his friends hammered out the principles of Transcendentalism in the mid-1830s, the result was a ...