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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“…was truly one of our great geniuses” even though he
may have a short biography (Hodgins 212). But as Emerson once said himself,
“Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.” Emerson was also a major
leader of “the philosophical movement of Transcendentalism”. (Encarta 1)
Transcendentalism was ....
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....so a strong force in poetry. Emerson was known for presenting
ideas in an expressive style. He wrote about numerous issues including
nature, society, conspiracy and freedom. After returning to America after a
visit to England, he wrote for the abolitionist cause, which was
eliminating slavery. Emerson used these ideas in his 1837 lecture “The
American Scholar,” which he presented before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of
Harvard. In it he talked about Americans becoming more intelligently
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| Number of words: 583 |
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