Ralph waldo EmersonRalph waldo Emerson(1803-1882)(1803-1882)

“character is higher than intellect.....a great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think”“character is higher than intellect.....a great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think”

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Emerson and the TranscendentalistEmerson and the TranscendentalistRalph Waldo Emerson was one of the founders of the Transcendentalist movement.

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Emerson embraced some priciples of Christianity, Eastern religions, and the English Romantics

Emerson is the center of the American transcendental movement; with his book “Nature” (1836)

Emersons LifeEmersons LifeEmerson was born in 1803

His father came down from a line of church ministries

Emersons father was also a conservative unitarion pastor :

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Emerson was the fourth child in a family of eight and brought up in a family atmosphere supportive of hard work, moral discipline, and wholesome self-sacrifice.

years ahead....years ahead....Emersons father died when Emerson was 8

His three brothers died

His first wife at died 20

and Emerson oldest son died at the age of 5

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EducationEducationEmmersons most powerfull influence was his puritanical aunt (mary moody mmerson)

Emmerson was an undergraduate at Harvard

His school was cut short due to vision problems

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Books and SpeechesBooks and Speeches In 1845 he lectured about ‘’the use of great men’’

In 1850 emmerson was giving 80 lectures a year.

In his 40 years of lecturing he gave 1500 speaches.

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Emerson inspired Henry Throw and Walt Whitman

He continued his speeches against slavery

In 1857 he wrote an essay on memory

His house burned down in 1872

Emerson died from pneumonia in 1882

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Works CitedWorks CitedDeWitt, Philip Elmer. “Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Quotes.” www.quotationspage.com. 22 Apr. 2009 <

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“Ralph Waldo Emerson.” www.transcendentalists.com. 22 Apr. 2009 <

http://www.transcendentalists.com/emerson.html>.

“Ralph Waldo Emerson.” www.vcu.edu. American Transcentalism Web. 22 Apr. 2009 <

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“Ralph Waldo Emerson Nature.” www.vcu.edu. American Transcentalism Web. 21 Apr. 2009

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