Lectures and Biographical Sketches

About this eBook

Author

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

Title

Lectures and biographical sketches

Original Publication

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883.

Credits

Emmanuel Ackerman, Laura Natal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 75942

Release Date

April 23, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LECTURES AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.NOTE.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.DEMONOLOGY.
7. 7.DEMONOLOGY. [1] — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.ARISTOCRACY.
9. 9.ARISTOCRACY. [4] — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.PERPETUAL FORCES.
11. 11.PERPETUAL FORCES. [5] — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHARACTER.
13. 13.CHARACTER. [6] — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.EDUCATION.
15. 15.EDUCATION.
16. 16.THE SUPERLATIVE.
17. 17.THE SUPERLATIVE. [7] — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.THE SOVEREIGNTY OF ETHICS.
19. 19.THE SOVEREIGNTY OF ETHICS. [8] — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.THE PREACHER.
21. 21.THE PREACHER. [9] — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.THE MAN OF LETTERS.
23. 23.THE MAN OF LETTERS.
24. 24.THE SCHOLAR.
25. 25.THE SCHOLAR.
26. 26.PLUTARCH.
27. 27.PLUTARCH. [10] — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.HISTORIC NOTES OF LIFE AND LETTERS IN NEW ENGLAND.
29. 29.HISTORIC NOTES OF LIFE AND LETTERS IN NEW ENGLAND.
30. 30.THE CHARDON STREET CONVENTION.
31. 31.THE CHARDON STREET CONVENTION. [11] — FOOTNOTES:
32. 32.EZRA RIPLEY, D. D.
33. 33.EZRA RIPLEY, D. D. [12] — FOOTNOTES:
34. 34.MARY MOODY EMERSON.
35. 35.MARY MOODY EMERSON. [14] — FOOTNOTES:
36. 36.SAMUEL HOAR.
37. 37.SAMUEL HOAR.
38. 38.THOREAU.
39. 39.THOREAU. [15] — FOOTNOTES:
40. 40.CARLYLE.
41. 41.CARLYLE. [17] — FOOTNOTES:
42. 42.Untitled

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