Ralph Waldo Emerson is a giant of American letters, but thanks to his insistence on “self-reliance,” his writing has become a go-to reference for those who endorse a particular brand of ...
When Ralph Waldo Emerson and his friends hammered out the principles of Transcendentalism in the mid-1830s, the result was a ...
Walt Whitman's ego seemed impervious to criticism, and his self-promotion — writing ... He would refer to this man as his "master," Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1911.