Today, many people do not know Ralph Waldo Emerson, and many of those who do ... European thinkers such as Thomas Carlyle and Friedrich Nietzsche and would become an almost sacred text for ...

He would refer to this man as his "master," Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1911. Courtesy: Library of Congress A Literary Giant Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was renowned in his day ...