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Loading... Essays & Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (edition 2005)by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author), Peter Norberg (Introduction)Emerson's classic essays on "spiritual potential" and "self-reliance" can inspire readers toward their own unique paths of self discovery. He moves his audiences away from conformity, greed, and the pursuit of money to seek peace, love, and beauty in nature and a soul. ('Waxing eloquent' was surely invented to describe his lengthy paragraphs.) He did surprise me with "Experience." It is fairly bewildering, dense, and depressing: "It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made that we exist." It would be welcome to learn what life experiences influenced this enigmatic change. |
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readers toward their own unique paths of self discovery.
He moves his audiences away from conformity, greed, and the pursuit of money
to seek peace, love, and beauty in nature and a soul.
('Waxing eloquent' was surely invented to describe his lengthy paragraphs.)
He did surprise me with "Experience." It is fairly bewildering, dense, and depressing:
"It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made that we exist."
It would be welcome to learn what life experiences influenced this enigmatic change. ( )