Have you ever tried to have a conversation with somebody that doesn't have any interest

with your vision about something, but has no problem telling his/her semi-researched opinion.

Not exactly your idea of someone to ask for advice or even talk to about some of your worldly demised problems either. Well, now you have an opinion on how most people who knew Ralph Waldo Emerson felt. Well known for his literature and compassion to the age of Romanticism, Emerson was also known for his optimism and self-reliant individualism. While most people saw him as well educated in the study of literature and a prestigious man of wisdom, most of his closest friends saw him in a similar but slightly skewed way. Bronson Alcott, a close and personal friend of Emerson, once stated that "Emerson's so called church only consisted of one person, and that...