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Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
About Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and transcendentalist philosopher, known for his influential works that championed individualism and self-reliance. A key figure in the American Renaissance, he wrote seminal essays such as "Nature" and "Self-Reliance," which encouraged people to trust their intuition and seek spiritual connections with the world around them. Emerson's thoughts on the importance of nature and the individual's relationship to the divine transformed American thought and literature in the 19th century.