Word: emersons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have the spontaneity of the most of his verse. It is hard and slightly mechanical. "The Decline of Duty," by George Frederic Parsons, is an ethical paper, which gives evidence of much deep thought and is a valuable study. Mr. J. Elliot Cabot's article upon the boyhood of Emerson is already widely known from the extracts which have been published in other journals. It adds a great deal to the knowledge of Emerson's character. The regular installments of the serial articles now running in the "Alantic" filled up the rest of the number...
...Thayer has in these few pages given what he calls "some of the keys of the instrument upon which Emerson plays his mighty Hymn of Life," and if rightly understood, they may indeed open some of the meetings he speaks of to many who have not before understood them. Yet he can hardly be clearer than Emerson. He endeavors to emphasize, by means of more prolix English, that Emerson had us understand that in each man, and in himself alone, rests the influence that guides him; that each day is "the judgment day"; that in each...
...Influence of Emerson; W. R. Thayer. Cupples, Upham & Co., Boston...
...William Whiting scholarships become available this year, affording $250 each; and two additional scholarships are added, the George Emerson Lowell Scholarships, affording $200 each. Another is announced which was given in 1886, by the class of 1867, but which is not available...
Ready for courses in elocution: Vol. 5 of Modern Classics, 35 cents. Fletcher's Advanced Readings, 95 cents. Attention is called to some general books recently added to the stock, among which are Emerson's Essay's, first series, 10 cents. Emerson's Works, 11 vole., $12.83. English Men of Letters, 53 cents per vol. Dickens' Works, 30 vols., $30.00. Hawthorne's Works, 12 vols., $16.00. American Statesmen, 84 cents per vol. Colton's new Portfolio Scrap Book, containing 31 envelopes, with index, $1.40. A good line of leather traveling bags. Pizard's La France, in 1789, is ready...