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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... speak for thee . Others shall be thy gen- tlemen and shall represent all courtesy and worldly life for thee ; others shall do the great and resounding actions also .... The world is full of renunciations and apprentice- ships , and this ...
... Speak what you think now in hard words and to - mor- row speak what to - morrow thinks in hard words again , though it contradict everything you said today , - ' Ah , so you shall be sure to be misunderstood . ' - Is it so bad then to ...
... speaking , whoever provokes me to a good act or thought , has given me a pledge of his fidelity to virtue , – he has ... speak at other colleges . His address on " Lit- erary Ethics " to the students of Dartmouth College again pointed ...