Representative Men: Seven Lectures (Modern Library Classics)

By Ralph Waldo Emerson and Edward Waldo Emerson

Book Overview

Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson is a timeless classic that explores the lives of influential individuals who have shaped our world. Emerson uses his transcendentalist philosophy to analyze... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812970055
• ISBN13: 9780812970050
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Modern Library
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.2"

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Pre-Inflation

These days, celebrity authors earn thousands of dollars for a speech, but back in the 1880s, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the first American author known to receive payment for delivering a talk, was paid $5 and oats for his horse.