This is the first episode in my detailed exploration of the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson. I explain why I've chosen this project for the first half of the episode and then I dig into the publisher's foreword. There are a bunch of versions of Emerson's essays out there, but I'm using the 1941 edition from A.S. Barnes & Company.       

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The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson 

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Publishers Foreword | The Essays of Emerson

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Publishers Foreword | The Essays of Emerson

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