Ralph Waldo Emerson, the greatest of the Transcendentalists, is often considered to be the central thinker in American history. In essays such as "Self-Reliance

A collection of newly commissioned essays provides a critical introduction to pastor and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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