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Emerson

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Em·er·son  (mr-sn), Ralph Waldo 1803-1882.
American writer, philosopher, and central figure of American transcendentalism. His poems, orations, and especially his essays, such as Nature (1836), are regarded as landmarks in the development of American thought and literary expression.
Emer·soni·an (-sn-n) adj.
Emerson [ˈɛməsən]
n
(Biographies / Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) M, US, WRITING: poet, WRITING: essayist, RELIGION: transcendentalist) Ralph Waldo. (rælf ˈwɔːldəʊ). 1803-82, US poet, essayist, and transcendentalist
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Noun1.EmersonEmerson - United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson


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"Well, I must reflect with Emerson that it's being and not doing that matters," she continued.
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Then Edna sat in the library after dinner and read Emerson until she grew sleepy.
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It is from Emerson, but I'm afraid you haven't quite grown up to it, Rebecca, and it is one of the things impossible to explain.
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