false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172099188m/139004.jpg 139004 4 As an adolescent America searched for its unique identity among the nations of the world, a number of thinkers and writers emerged eager to share their vision of what the American character could be. Among their leaders was <b>Ralph Waldo Emerson</b>, whose essays, lectures, and poems defined the American transcendentalist movement, though he himself disliked the term. <br><br>Emerson advocates a rejection of fear-driven conformity, a total independence of thought and spirit, and a life lived in harmony with nature. He believes that Truth lies within each individual, for each is part of a greater whole, a universal &#8220;over-soul&#8221; through which we transcend the merely mortal. <br><br>Emerson was extremely prolific throughout his life; his collected writings fill forty volumes. This edition contains his major works, including Nature, the essays &#8220;Self-Reliance,&#8221; &#8220;The American Scholar,&#8221; &#8220;The Over-Soul,&#8221; &#8220;Circles,&#8221; &#8220;The Poet,&#8221; and &#8220;Experience,&#8221;, and such important poems as &#8220;The Rhodora,&#8221; &#8220;Uriel,&#8221; &#8220;The Humble-Bee,&#8221; &#8220;Earth-Song,&#8221; &#8220;Give All to Love,&#8221; and the well-loved &#8220;Concord Hymn.&#8221; <br><div><b>Includes a comprehensive glossary of names.</b> <br></div></div> 133989 1992 Essays & Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics Trade Paper) total:95|5:43|4:35|3:13|2:3|1:1| 95 401 183 12 5 2 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:06:09 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:07:39 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Mon Aug 11 20:19:51 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 20:26:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 17 14:04:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 14:05:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 07:11:34 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 10:17:34 -0700 2009 1 "There is one mind common among all men."
"I would write on the lintels of my doorpost: Whim."
"No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature"

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