Nature, addresses, and lectures. By Ralph Waldo Emerson

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Book Overview

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882), known professionally as Waldo Emerson, 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. Emerson gradually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536859869
• ISBN13: 9781536859867
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.0"

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Pre-Inflation

These days, celebrity authors earn thousands of dollars for a speech, but back in the 1880s, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the first American author known to receive payment for delivering a talk, was paid $5 and oats for his horse.