Ralph Waldo Emerson





Ralph Waldo Emerson

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born
May 25, 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

died
April 27, 1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century.



Average rating: 4.07 · 12,011 ratings · 594 reviews · 438 distinct works
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 4,288 ratings — published 1975 — 9 editions
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Essays and Poems by Ralph W...
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The Essential Writings of R...
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Essays and Lectures
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions
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Nature and Selected Essays
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Self-Reliance
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 567 ratings — published 1967 — 28 editions
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The Essays of Ralph Waldo E...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 1856 — 50 editions
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Nature
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 1849 — 29 editions
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The Portable Emerson
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1946 — 8 editions
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Selected Writings
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 1957 — 27 editions
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More books by Ralph Waldo Emerson…
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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