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Selected Writings

by Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1950

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From one of the greatest figures of 19th-century America...

This new edition offers a broad view of the author's finest work, featuring his critical essays, poems, and letters, plus a considerable amount of material from the Journals, including an entry discovered in 1964 in the Library of Congress.

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisNew EnglandNew EnglandMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 560 pages
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