Ralph Waldo Emerson’s writings on justice have sparked passionate responses, especially from critics who see a strong disparity between his philosophy and his actions, writes Kerry Larson, an ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson would be 209 years old on May 25th. In body he, of course, does not survive but his thoughts and ideas, his writings, and his essays are treasures that remain with us today.

RUTLAND, Vt. — In the early fall of 1776, Continental Army Chaplain William Emerson straggled down the Crown Point Road on horseback. He made it to the home of fellow clergyman Benajah Roots on ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American philosopher and poet once said: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” The quote is an exact reflection of ...

Guests discussed the history of the Early Republic, the transcendental movement, and American intellectual history through the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Emerson ...

The Recommendation Letter Ralph Waldo Emerson Wrote For A Job-Hunting Walt Whitman. By ... tastes, & practice. If his writings are in certain points open to criticism, they show ...