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Ralph Waldo Emerson Grave

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Grave
42.464719°N 71.341656°W

6/24/2012 3:55:39 PM


Ralph Waldo Emerson Grave Plaque
42.464719°N 71.341656°W

6/24/2012 3:56:08 PM

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Ralph Waldo Emerson graduated from Harvard College in 1821. He returned to Harvard Divinity School where he graduated first in his class. Afterwards, Daniel Webster hired him in his law firm. But he was ordained a pastor in 1829 and went to work at the Boston’s Second Church. Disagreements with the church, led him eventually to buy a home in Concord, MA, and marry a second time to Lydia Jackson (his first wife died young).

Emerson was a major force behind the philosophical movement Transcendentalism which believed in the inherent good of humans and nature. He started the Transcendental Club which met in his home beginning in 1836. Noteworthy members included Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, and many others. About this time, he published an essay entitled Nature anonymously. In 1841, he followed with a book entitled Essays which included his now famous article Self Reliance which received good reviews. By this time, Emerson reputation enabled him to earn a fair living as a lecturer. Like many of the others within his circle, he was an abolitionist but was reluctant to address the issue in his lectures shunning public attention.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.

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