Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882) on Workers and Socialism(published by RevoltSource) |
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American Champion of Individualism, Essayist, Non-conformist, Lecturer, Philosopher, Abolitionist, and Poet who Led the Transcendentalist Movement of the Mid-19th Century
: An American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and his ideology was disseminated through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #7 on Economic Struggle Quotes >> Workers and Socialism
“...I have been missent to this earth, where all the seats were already taken, — yet I feel called upon in behalf of rational nature, which I represent, to declare to you my opinion, that, if the Earth is yours, so also is it mine.”
Source: "The Conservative," by Ralph Waldo Emerson, a lecture delivered at the Masonic Temple, Boston, December 9, 1841.
"The Conservative," by Ralph Waldo Emerson, a lecture delivered at the Masonic Temple, Boston, December 9, 1841.
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