Emerson; a Statement of New England Transcendentalism As Expressed in the Philosophy of Its Chief Exponent
The book Emerson; a Statement of New England Transcendentalism As Expressed in the Philosophy of Its Chief Exponent was written by author Gray, Henry David, 1873- Here you can read free online of Emerson; a Statement of New England Transcendentalism As Expressed in the Philosophy of Its Chief Exponent book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Emerson; a Statement of New England Transcendentalism As Expressed in the Philosophy of Its Chief Exponent a good or bad book?
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For was not the greatest of all — the freeing of the slaves — due largely to the very Emersonian determination to give the black man the chance to develop his independent individuality ? Did '. not the temperance advocates endeavor to place other enslaved individuals in command of themselves? Were not those earliest stirrings on behalf of "women's rights" quite as much for the freedom of the individual? And was not this the case as well with other movements with which so many of Emerson's assoc...iates were identified? In the first place, Emerson did not remain apart from the practical work of the world to anything like the extent that he is sometimes ac- cused of doing. He attended the first national convention held for the political emancipation of women; he attended town meetings and de- bated in a most interested way on good roads, honest tax collection, the distribution of public money, and the faithful performance of public ser- vice ;^^' and so closely did he finally become associated with the anti- slavery movement that Chapman says he sent ten thousand sons to the war.
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