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Overview"Society and Solitude is a classic collection of American 19th Century philosophical essays by the great American philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson. This classic essay collection contains the following titles and snippet: SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE CIVILIZATION ART ELOQUENCE DOMESTIC LIFE FARMING WORKS AND DAYS BOOKS CLUBS COURAGE SUCCESS OLD AGE I FELL in with a humorist, on my travels, who had in his chamber a cast of the Rondanini Medusa, and who assured me that the name which that fine work of art bore in the catalogues was a misnomer, as he was convinced that the sculptor who carved it intended it for Memory, the mother of the Muses. In the conversation that followed, my new friend made some extraordinary confessions. ""Do you not see,"" he said, ""the penalty of learning, and that each of these scholars whom you have met at S--, though he were to be the last man, would, like the executioner in Hood's poem, guillotine the last but one?""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisher: Blurb Imprint: Blurb Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.191kg ISBN: 9798211389144Pages: 136 Publication Date: 26 March 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |