Comprehensive information about Ralph Waldo Emerson including biographical information, facts, literary works, and more. Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a famous American preacher, philosopher, and poet of the 19th century who served as the center of the Transcendental movement. This educational Ralph Waldo Emerson resource has information about the author's life, works, quotations, articles and essays, and more.
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Character is what can do without success. Go to Quote / Comment
No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous. Go to Quote / Comment
The key to every man is his thought. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own. Go to Quote / Comment
There is always safety in valor. Go to Quote / Comment
Some books leave us free and some books make us free. Go to Quote / Comment