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Emerson may refer to:

Emerson Radio Corporation, founded in 1948, is one of the United States’ largest volume consumer electronics distributors, with a recognized trademark in continuous use since 1912. ... Emerson is a surname of: Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer Bill Emerson, US politician Brennan Chadwick Emerson, American author and painter Claudia Emerson a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Dr Craig Emerson, an Australian politician David Emerson, Canadian politician, businessman, civil servant Denise Emerson, a, Australian cricketer Earl Emerson an American... Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American author, poet, and philosopher. ... Emerson is an uncommon given name and may refer to: Emerson Fittipaldi, an F1 race driver Emerson Ferreira da Rosa, Brazilian soccer player. ... Emerson Electric Company was established in 1890 in St. ...

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Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a school of oratory, in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Emerson Hospital is a hospital located in Concord, Massachusetts, founded in 1911 on forty acres donated by Charles Emerson. ... Emerson Preparatory School is a small private high school in Northwest Washington, DC, founded in 1852 as the Emerson Institute. ...

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Emerson is a city located in Bartow County, Georgia. ... Emerson is a city located in Mills County, Iowa. ... Emerson is a village located in Nebraska. ... Map highlighting Emersons location within Bergen County. ...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1772 words)
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston to the Rev.
Emerson wrote about his grief in two major works: the poem "Threnody", and the essay "Experience." In the same year, William James was born, and Emerson agreed to be his godfather.
Emerson is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) (4082 words)
Emerson does have a sense of morality as developing historically, but in the context in “Circles” where his statement appears he presses a more radical and skeptical position: that our virtues often must be abandoned rather than developed.
The figure of the boys illustrates Emerson's characteristic combination of the romantic (in the glorification of children) and the classical (in the idea of a hierarchy in which the boys occupy the place of lords or nobles).
Emerson's ideal society is a confrontation of powerful, independent “gods, talking from peak to peak all round Olympus.” There will be a proper distance between these gods, who, Emerson advises, “should meet each morning, as from foreign countries, and spending the day together should depart, as into foreign countries” (CW 3:81).
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