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Self-reliance the original 1841 essay

When Ralph Waldo Emerson published what is probably his most famous essay in 1841, drawing from a lecture he had given a few years earlier, it was in the aftermath of the calamitous financial collapse of 1837. His positive vision for the power of individualism and personal responsibility was issued...

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Main Author: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)
Other Authors: Helfand, Jessica (Designer)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2021.
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