Elements and Mottos

May-Day and Other Pieces

Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature

Nature

Heroism

Gifts

Friendship

Prudence

Shakespeare; Or, the Poet

Circles

Manners

The American Scholar

Compensation

Nature

Concord Hymn

The Poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Leader of the transcendalist movement and hero of American individualism and freedom

The Conduct of Life

Love: Essays: First Series

Circles: Essays: First Series