Author : Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330474532
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (745 download)
Book Synopsis The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Vol. 2 of 5 (Classic Reprint) by : Ralph Waldo Emerson
Download or read book The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Vol. 2 of 5 (Classic Reprint) written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Vol. 2 of 5 It is natural to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be heroes, and their condition regal, it would not surprise us. All mythology opens with demigods, and the circumstance is high and poetic; that is, their genius is paramount. In the legends of the Gautama, the first men ate the earth, and found it deliciously sweet. Nature seems to exist for the excellent. The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society; and actually, or ideally, we manage to lire with superiors. We call our children and our lands by their names. Their names are wrought into the verbs of language, their works and effigies are in our houses, and every circumstance of the day recalls an anecdote of them. The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. We travel into foreign parts to find his works, - if possible, to get a glimpse of him. But we are put off with fortune instead. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.