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“It’s a bit of an outlier because it’s not by Emerson at all, but I find it tremendously moving. It’s a book you have to read to understand him, even though there’s hardly a word by him in it.” Read more...
The best books on Ralph Waldo Emerson
James Marcus, Journalist
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