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[[Image:Ralph Waldo Emerson.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Ralph Waldo Emerson]]

[[Image:Ralph Waldo Emerson.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Ralph Waldo Emerson]]

'''Ralph Waldo Emerson''' (Boston 1803-1882) was a poet and essayist associated strongly with [[Romanticism]] and one of the founders of [[Transcendentalism]].  These movements were reactions to the industrialization of the society at the turn of the 19th century, and reactions especially against the world's increasing complexity.  Emerson, along with other [[transcendentalism|trancendentalist]] poets, believed that a respect for or a return to the simplicity of the beauty of nature was required to preserve human uniqueness. Emerson graduated from [[Harvard University]] at the age of 18, and is well-known today for his many quips and insightful concise quotations.

'''Ralph Waldo Emerson''' (Boston 1803-1882) was a poet and essayist associated strongly with [[Romanticism]] and one of the founders of [[Transcendentalism]].  These movements were reactions to the industrialization of the society at the turn of the 19th century, and reactions especially against the world's increasing complexity.  Emerson, along with other [[transcendentalism|trancendentalist]] poets, believed that a respect for or a return to the simplicity of the beauty of nature was required to preserve human uniqueness. A child prodigy having tremendous literary talent, Emerson graduated from [[Harvard University]] at the age of 18, and is well-known today for his many quips and insightful concise quotations.

Emerson was a critic of the intellectual elite at Harvard, and instead of joining its faculty Emerson instead earned his living as a popular public speaker, talented poet, and fabulous writer.  His many pithy quotes continue to be widely repeated to this day, including a compilation of his 150 greatest quotations.<ref>https://parade.com/1079155/stephanieosmanski/ralph-waldo-emerson-quotes/#:~:text=1.,%2C%20drink%20the%20wild%20air.%E2%80%9D</ref> Emerson was far more successful and influential than the Harvard professors of whom he was critical.

Emerson was a critic of the intellectual elite at Harvard, and instead of joining its faculty Emerson instead earned his living as a popular public speaker, talented poet, and fabulous writer.  His many pithy quotes continue to be widely repeated to this day, including a compilation of his 150 greatest quotations.<ref>https://parade.com/1079155/stephanieosmanski/ralph-waldo-emerson-quotes/#:~:text=1.,%2C%20drink%20the%20wild%20air.%E2%80%9D</ref> Emerson was far more successful and influential than the Harvard professors of whom he was critical.