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Title: Essays
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Editor: Edna H. L. Turpin
Release Date: September 4, 2005 [EBook #16643]
Language: English
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ESSAYS
BY
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Merrill's English Texts
SELECTED AND EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, BY EDNA H.L. TURPIN, AUTHOR
OF "STORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY," "CLASSIC FABLES," "FAMOUS PAINTERS," ETC.
NEW YORK
CHARLES E. MERRILL CO.
1907
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION LIFE OF EMERSON CRITICAL OPINIONS CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF
PRINCIPAL WORKS
THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR
COMPENSATION
SELF RELIANCE
FRIENDSHIP
HEROISM
MANNERS
GIFTS
NATURE
SHAKESPEARE; OR, THE POET
PRUDENCE
CIRCLES
NOTES
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
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