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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. 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. | + | '''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 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | When Emerson was about 30 and after his first wife had tragically passed away, he remarried and settled in Concord, [[Massachusetts]], which is located about 15 miles west of Harvard and Cambridge. He became known as the "Sage of Concord" and his original home is preserved there,<ref>https://www.ralphwaldoemersonhouse.org/</ref> along with a nearby museum for him. | | When Emerson was about 30 and after his first wife had tragically passed away, he remarried and settled in Concord, [[Massachusetts]], which is located about 15 miles west of Harvard and Cambridge. He became known as the "Sage of Concord" and his original home is preserved there,<ref>https://www.ralphwaldoemersonhouse.org/</ref> along with a nearby museum for him. |
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| − | Emerson's works are estimated to total 1,176,289, containing a remarkably diverse number of 30,507 words.<ref name="Analysis">https://sites.nd.edu/emorgan/2015/06/automated-emerson/</ref> | + | Emerson's works are estimated to total 1,176,289 words, containing a remarkably diverse number of 30,507 words.<ref name="Analysis">https://sites.nd.edu/emorgan/2015/06/automated-emerson/</ref> |
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