Essays: First Series
Essays: First Series, is a series of essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published in 1841, concerning transcendentalism. This book contains:
- "History"
- "Self-Reliance"
- "Compensation"
- "Spiritual Laws"
- "Love"
- "Friendship" "I hate the prostitution of the name of friendship to signify modish and worldly alliances. I much prefer the company of plough-boys and tin pedlars, to the silken and perfumed amity which only celebrates its days of encounter by a frivolous display, by rides in a curricle, and dinners at the best taverns."
- "Prudence"
- "Heroism"
- "The Over-Soul"
- "Circles"
- "Intellect"
- "Art"
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