A Year with Emerson: A DaybookD.R. Godine, 2003 - 231 psl. Arranged for daily inspiration, wisdom from one of America's great visionary and philosophical minds. "A chief event of life is that day on which we have encountered a mind that startled us." A Year with Emerson is a feast of 365 such days. Known throughout the world for his cogent, epigrammatic writing, admired as the "George Washington of American Literature," his work is even more enriching in bigger doses. Daily almanac entries present the heart of Ralph Waldo Emerson's ideas and philosophy. Some were written on the very day in which they appear in the book, some are speculations and musings of the season and the natural world, but all are unfailingly wise, still relevant to our modern times. Emerson's mind ranged across the universe even as he traveled the length and breadth of the United States and Europe. With Emerson as a companion and guide, we meet the ideas and personalities he championed and encountered, from Lincoln to John Muir, from Carlyle to Montaigne, and, of course, the close New England circle of Hawthorne, Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and the Alcotts. With company such as this, and the scope of Emerson's vision, you're sure to encounter rich food for thought every day of the year. |
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... moral emotive & intellectual nature .... Perhaps there must be austere elections & determinations before any clear vision of the way is given .... I read somewhere that facts were the stuff of letters , but I lead the life of a blade of ...
... morals . Yesterday I was asked what I mean by morals . I replied that I cannot define , and care not to define . It is man's busi- ness to observe , and the definition of moral nature SEPTEMBER 161.
... moral influence of the intellect is wanting . We hearken in vain for any profound voice speaking to the American heart , cheering timid good men , animating the youth , consoling the defeated , and intelligently announc- ing duties ...