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He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States. </p> <p> Also known as <a href="/profession/2/">Poet</a>, <a href="/profession/13/">Writer</a>, <a href="/profession/156/">Essayist</a>, <a href="/profession/213/">Diarist</a>, <a href="/profession/221/">Biographer</a> </p> </div> <span class="more" id="auhtor_info_more" more="more" less="Less">more</span> <ul class="author__about__options"><li><a href="http://www.rwe.org/" class="i-link" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Ralph Waldo Emerson official website"></a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson" class="i-wiki" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Wikipedia article about Ralph Waldo Emerson"></a></li></ul> </div> </section> <div class="switch"> <ul class="switch-view" role="menu"> <li id="switch_cards" role="menuitem" class="active"><i class="i-cards" title="view_as_cards"></i></li> <li id="switch_list" role="menuitem"><i class="i-list" title="view_as_list"></i></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a588/069a5/">Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: 'Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life'.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a588/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/588.v6.jpg" alt="Ralph Waldo Emerson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ralph Waldo Emerson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="069a5"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="069a5" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a588/069a5/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Genius%20borrows%20nobly.%20When%20Shakespeare%20is%20charged%20with%20debts%20to%20his%20authors%2C%20Landor%20replies:%20%27Yet%20he%20was%20more%20original%20than%20his%20originals.%20He%20breathed%20upon%20dead%20bodies%20and%20brought%20them%20into%20life%27.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa588%2F069a5%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a588/367f8/">Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a588/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/588.v6.jpg" alt="Ralph Waldo Emerson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ralph Waldo Emerson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="367f8"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="367f8" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a588/367f8/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Life%20only%20avails%2C%20not%20the%20having%20lived.%20Power%20ceases%20in%20the%20instant%20of%20repose%3B%20it%20resides%20in%20the%20moment%20of%20transition%20from%20a%20past%20to%20a%20new%20state%2C%20in%20the%20shooting%20of%20the%20gulf%2C%20in%20the%20darting%20to%20an%20aim.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa588%2F367f8%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/103/">Power</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/455/">Past</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul><div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a588/329bf/">Some books leave us free and some books make us free.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a588/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/588.v6.jpg" alt="Ralph Waldo Emerson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ralph Waldo Emerson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="329bf"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="329bf" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a588/329bf/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Some%20books%20leave%20us%20free%20and%20some%20books%20make%20us%20free.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa588%2F329bf%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/210/">Free</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/243/">Learning</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/907/">Leave</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a588/1450a/">Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a588/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/588.v6.jpg" alt="Ralph Waldo Emerson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ralph Waldo Emerson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1450a"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1450a" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a588/1450a/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Love%20of%20beauty%20is%20taste.%20The%20creation%20of%20beauty%20is%20art.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa588%2F1450a%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/41/">Love</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/423/">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/212/">Beauty</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a588/01fb3/">Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a588/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/588.v6.jpg" alt="Ralph Waldo Emerson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ralph Waldo Emerson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="01fb3"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01fb3" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a588/01fb3/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Let%20us%20be%20silent%2C%20that%20we%20may%20hear%20the%20whispers%20of%20the%20gods.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa588%2F01fb3%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1081/">May</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2799/">Silent</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1115/">Hear</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a588/367f5/">We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds...A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a588/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/588.v6.jpg" alt="Ralph Waldo Emerson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ralph Waldo Emerson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="367f5"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="367f5" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a588/367f5/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=We%20will%20walk%20on%20our%20own%20feet%3B%20we%20will%20work%20with%20our%20own%20hands%3B%20we%20will%20speak%20our%20own%20minds...A%20nation%20of%20men%20will%20for%20the%20first%20time%20exist%2C%20because%20each%20believes%20himself%20inspired%20by%20the%20Divine%20Soul%20which%20also%20inspires%20all%20men.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa588%2F367f5%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/10/">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/124/">Men</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a588/31eb4/">What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a588/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/588.v6.jpg" alt="Ralph Waldo Emerson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ralph Waldo Emerson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="31eb4"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31eb4" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a588/31eb4/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=What%20is%20a%20weed%3F%20A%20plant%20whose%20virtues%20have%20never%20been%20discovered.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa588%2F31eb4%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/517/">Never</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/231/">Plant</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/6411/">Weed</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a588/15322/">Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. 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