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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... wish that friendship should have feet , as well as eyes and eloquence . It must plant itself on the ground , before it vaults over the moon . I wish it to be a little of a citizen before it is quite a cherub . FRIENDSHIP A ruddy drop of ...
... wish that done for their rights which women wish done . If they wish to vote I shall vote that they vote . If they wish to be lawyers & judges , I shall vote that those careers be open to them . But I do not think that wise & wary women ...
... wishes to eat & drink . If you wish bread , ask me for bread , & if you wish ancho- vies or lobster , ask me for them , & do not hold out your plate as if I knew already . I respect cats , they seem to have so much else in their heads ...