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Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume XVI - 1866-1882 (Hardcover)
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Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume XVI - 1866-1882 (Hardcover)
Series: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The final volume of the Harvard edition presents the journals of
Ralph Waldo Emerson's last years. In them, he reacts to the
changing America of the post-Civil War years, commenting on
Reconstruction, immigration, protectionism in trade, and the
dangers of huge fortunes in few hands-as well as on baseball and
the possibilities of air travel. His role as a Harvard Overseer
evokes his thoughts on education during crucial years of reform in
American universities. His travels take him to Europe for the third
time, and for the first time he encounters the new garden of
California and the enigma of Egypt. He continues to lecture, and a
second volume of poems and two more collections of essays, culled
from his manuscripts, are published. Finally, his late journals
show Emerson confronting his loss of creative vigor, husbanding his
powers, and maintaining his equanimity in the face of decline. This
concluding volume thus gives a complex picture of Emerson in his
last sixteen years, facing old age but still the advocate of
"newness" throughout the world.
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