The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
Why was Ralph Waldo Emerson banned from lecturing at Havard as noted in the book, The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America?
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Emerson was banned from speaking at Harvard for thirty years because he told his audience to ignore religious belief and fulfill themselves through self-realization.
The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America