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    Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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    Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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    The collection of eleven of Emerson’s most celebrated and memorable essays includes ‘Self-Reliance,’ ‘Nature,’ ‘Shakespeare; Or, the Poet,’ and ‘The American Scholar.’
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateAug 21, 2018
    ISBN9781666590890
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was a prolific essayist, public philosopher, poet, and political commentator who became world famous in his lifetime and influenced authors as diverse as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Friedrich Nietzsche, W. E. B. DuBois, and others.

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