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Ever since I was a boy, I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation: for it seemed to me when very young, that on this subject life was ahead of theology, and the people knew more than the preachers taught. The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed... Read Full Overview

Appearances to the contrary not withstanding, the natural, spiritual and human realms achieve a stasis or balance between positive and negative forces, Emerson observes. For every human defect, there is a compensating trait; for every profit a corresponding loss; for every action... Read Full Overview

Emerson's classic meditation on compensation.

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Excerpt from Emerson's Essay on Compensation

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he... Read Full Overview

Emerson's Essay On Compensation is a collection of essays written by the renowned American philosopher and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Originally published in 1841, this book explores the concept of compensation, or the idea that every action has an equal and opposite reaction... Read Full Overview

Emerson's Essay On Compensation, first published in 1906, is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the concept of compensation. Emerson argues that everything in life is balanced by an equal and opposite reaction, and that this balance is essential to the... Read Full Overview

Emerson's Essay On Compensation is a collection of essays written by the renowned American philosopher and writer, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Originally published in 1906, this book explores the concept of compensation, or the idea that every action has a corresponding consequence... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

A Classic Essay by Emerson. Excerpted from Essays, First Series.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview