THE WORKS

OF

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

VOL. II.

BY

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

London

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1901

All rights reserved

HARVARD

Que. lt, 1942

LIOKAMY

This Edition first printed 1883
Reprinted 1884, 1885, 1888, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897

1899, 1900, 1901

CONTENTS.

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FIRST SERIES.

ESSAY

· I. HISTORY .

II. SELF-RELIANCE

· III. COMPENSATION

IV. SPIRITUAL LAWS

V. LOVE

VI. FRIENDSHIP

VII. PRUDENCE

VIII. HEROISM

-IX. THE OVER-SOUL.

- X. CIRCLES.

XI. INTELLECT

XII. ART

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