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Essays, First Series

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series, is a series of essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published in 1841, concerning transcendentalism. This book contains: • "History" • "Self-Reliance" • "Compensation" • "Spiritual Laws" • "Love" • "Friendship" • "Prudence" • "Heroism" • "The Over-Soul" • "Circles" • "Intellect" • "Art"

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English

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English

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1841

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

United States

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist and poet who led the transcendentalist movem...

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