ESSAYS

ORATIONS AND LECTURES.

BY

RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

“ Thus deeply drinking in the soul of things
We shall be wise perforce.”

WORDSWOKTU.

LA

LONDON:
WILLIAM TEGG AND CO.; AYLOTT AND JONES.
GLASGOW: W. COLLINS; R. GRIFFIN AND CO.

EDINBURGH: THOMAS NELSON.

CONTENTS.

ESSAY I.

ISTORY ............................................

HEROISM .........

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