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.