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  What are 3 specific and distinct aspects or events in Emerson's life that influenced his writings.

  Posted by kingroofing on Nov 24, 2009 at 12:07 PM

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  How can I explain this quote by Emerson "life is not intellectual or critical, but sturdy".

  Posted by carina5 on Nov 3, 2009 at 06:07 PM

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  Could you explain to me what Ralph Emerson is trying to say in his essay "The Poet"?

  Posted by cb63 on Oct 30, 2009 at 12:56 PM

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  How is Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay, "Self-Reliance" parallel to Erich Fromm's "Disobedience as a psychological and moral problem?"

  Posted by kennishawalters on Oct 24, 2009 at 12:00 PM

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  What is the meaning of the poem "From Nature"?

  Posted by rufus10 on Oct 14, 2009 at 06:11 PM

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  What does Emerson mean in the following quote from "Self-Reliance"?

  Posted by soniesun on Oct 12, 2009 at 10:46 AM

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  what is the theme of his story Freindship

  Posted by weddanever on Oct 7, 2009 at 03:57 AM

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  What does Emerson say is every person's destiny?

  Posted by sedaysha on Sep 19, 2009 at 03:09 PM

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  Who wrote these quotations: "I am going to move to a new city and start all over as a virgin" and "Truth is greater than the affectation of love"?  

  Posted by roncace on Aug 2, 2009 at 06:57 AM

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  Can anyone tell me what the central theme of Ralph Waldo Emerson's speech he wrote regarding "The Fugitive Slave Law"?

  Posted by sulisya on Apr 26, 2009 at 09:55 AM

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  what is the commidty in ralph waldo emerson poem nature and what dose it talk about in genral

  Posted by alfi on Mar 23, 2009 at 05:42 AM

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  What is an in depth analysis of Emerson's It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "always do what you are afraid to do."

  Posted by pammie on Feb 26, 2009 at 05:46 PM

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  What is the meaning of the poem "Poet" written by Ralph Emerson ?

  Posted by nettablue on Feb 21, 2009 at 08:26 AM

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  What 2 things does Emerson compare (metaphor) in "circles" when he says, "when these waves of God flow into me?"

  Posted by poem on Oct 26, 2008 at 02:41 PM

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  What are the two things that are being compared (metaphor) in Emerson's, "to draw a new circle"?

  Posted by poem on Oct 24, 2008 at 05:27 PM

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  What are the metaphors in Emerson's quote, "this thought which is called I is the mould into which the world is poured?"

  Posted by poem on Oct 22, 2008 at 09:33 AM

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  According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, why should people trust themselves?

  Posted by chank on Oct 20, 2008 at 01:07 PM