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American Civilization, Emerson

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

As the Civil War ground on, and the fate of the young nation hung in the balance, Ralph Waldo Emerson argued vehemently for a federal emancipation of the slaves. “Morality,” above all else, he asserted, “is the object of government.” He lauded President Lincoln for his principled moves in that direction.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Circles (1841)

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

A transcendentalist masterpiece

Transcendentalism and Self-Reliance

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

The Works of Thoreau

The Works of Emerson

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The American Spirit in Literature, A Chronicle of Great Interpreters by Bliss Perry

Chapter V. The Knickerbockers

Chapter VI. The Transcendentalists

First Wave of Feminism in the US

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

DBQ on Cult of Domesticity Theme

Reading Questions on the First Wave of Feminism

Lesson Plan: First Wave

Age of Reform Lecture Notes

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Lazar’s The Age of Reform Lecture Notes

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