Ralph Waldo Emerson eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 403 pages of information about Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Ralph Waldo Emerson eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 403 pages of information about Ralph Waldo Emerson.

  Emerson, William, father of Ralph Waldo: 
    minister, in Harvard and Boston, 10-14;
    editorship, 26, 32, 33;
    the parsonage, 37, 42;
    death, 43.

  Emerson, William, brother of Ralph Waldo, 37, 39, 49, 53.

  England: 
    first visit, 62-65;
    Lake Windermere, 70;
    philosophers, 76;
    the virtues of the people, 179, 180;
    a second visit, 192 et seq.;
    notabilities 195;
    the lectures, 196;
    Stonehenge, 215;
    the aristocracy, 215;
    matters wrong, 260;
    Anglo-Saxon race, trade and liberty, 304;
    lustier life, 335;
    language, 352;
    lecturing, a key, 377;
    smouldering fire, 385. (See America, Europe, etc.)

  Enthusiasm: 
    need of, 143;
    weakness, 154.

  Epicurus, agreement with, 301.

  Episcopacy: 
    in Boston, 28, 34, 52;
    church in Newton, 68;
    at Hanover, 132;
    quotation from liturgy, 354;
    burial service, 356. (See Calvinism, Church, Religion, etc.)

  Esquimau, allusion, 167.

  Establishment, party of the, 147. (See Puritanism, Religion,
    Unitarianism
, etc.)

  Eternal, relations to the, 297. (See God, Jesus, Religion, etc.)

  Europe: 
    Emerson’s first visit, 62-65;
    return, 72;
    the Muses, 114;
    debt to the East, 120;
    famous gentlemen, 184;
    second visit, 193-196;
    weary of Napoleon, 207;
    return, 210;
    conflict possible, 218;
    third visit, 271-279;
    cast-out passion for, 308. (See America, England, France, etc.)

  Everett, Edward: 
    on Tudor, 28;
    literary rank, 33;
    preaching, 52;
    influence, 148.

  Evolution, taught in “Nature,” 105, 106.

  Eyeball, transparent, 398.

  Faith: 
    lacking in America, 143,
    building cathedrals, 253. (See God, Religion, etc.)

  Fine, a characteristic expression, 405.

  Fire, illustration, 386. (See England, France, etc.)

  Forbes, John M., connected with the Emerson family, 263-265;
    his letter, 263.

  Foster, John, minister of Brighton, 15.

  Fourth-of-July, orations, 386. (See America, etc.)

  Fox, George, essay on, 73.

  France: 
    Emerson’s first visit, 62, 63;
    philosophers, 76;
    Revolution, 80;
    tired of Napoleon, 207, 208;
    realism, 326;
    wrath, 385, 386. (See Carlyle, England, Europe, etc.)

  Francis, Convers, at a party, 149.

  Franklin, Benjamin: 
    birthplace, 37;
    allusion, 184;
    characteristics, 189;
    Poor Richard, 231;
    quoted, 236;
    maxims, 261;
    fondness for Plutarch, 382;
    bequest, 407.

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