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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... once learned . " Michael Angelo [ sic ] , after having once seen a work of any other artist , would remem- ber it so perfectly that if it pleased him to make use of any portion thereof , he could do so , but in such a manner that none ...
... once before that the true philosophy of man should give a theory of Beasts & Dreams . A German dis- patched them both by saying that Beasts are dreams , or " the nocturnal side of Nature . " 4 One poet takes the measure of another . I ...
... Once again , in the spirit of balance and compen- sation , " Emerson urges us to give the " work of our hands " a respect equal to that achieved by our minds . A man should have a farm or a mechanical craft for his culture . We must ...