NOTE.

My thanks are due to the members of Mr. Emerson's family, and the other friends who kindly assisted me by lending interesting letters and furnishing valuable information.

The Index, carefully made by Mr. J. H. Wiggin, was revised and somewhat abridged by myself.

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

Boston, November 25, 1884.

Extract from a Letter to a Classmate. School-Teach-

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ing. Study of Divinity.- "Approbated" to Preach.

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CHAPTER III.

1828-1833. ET. 25-30.

Settled as Colleague of Rev. Henry Ware.-Married to
Ellen Louisa Tucker. - Sermon at the Ordination of
Rev. H. B. Goodwin. - His Pastoral and Other La-
bors. - Emerson and Father Taylor. - Death of
Mrs. Emerson. — Difference of Opinion with some of
his Parishioners. Sermon Explaining his Views. -
Resignation of his Pastorate

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CHAPTER IV.

1833-1838. ÆT. 30-35.

§ 1. Visit to Europe. On his Return preaches in Differ-
ent Places. Emerson in the Pulpit. At Newton.

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- Fixes his Residence at Concord. - The Old Manse.
-Lectures in Boston. -Lectures on Michael An-
gelo and on Milton published in the "North Ameri-
can Review."-Beginning of the Correspondence
with Carlyle.Letters to the Rev. James Freeman
Clarke. Republication of "Sartor Resartus."

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§ 2. Emerson's Second Marriage. His New Residence
in Concord. Historical Address. Course of Ten
Lectures on English Literature delivered in Boston.
- The Concord Battle Hymn. - Preaching in Con-
cord and East Lexington.- Accounts of his Preach-
ing by Several Hearers.. A Course of Lectures on
the Nature and Ends of History. — Address on War.
Death of Edward Bliss Emerson. Death of
Charles Chauncy Emerson.

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Outline of this Essay.-
Its Reception. Address before the Phi Beta Kappa
Society

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CHAPTER V.

1838-1843. ET. 35-40.

§ 1. Divinity School Address.- Correspondence. - Lec-
tures on Human Life. - Letters to James Freeman
Clarke. Dartmouth College Address : Literary Eth-
ics. Waterville College Address: The Method of
Nature. Other Addresses: Man the Reformer. -
Lecture on the Times. The Conservative. - The
Transcendentalist. Boston "Transcendentalism."
"The Dial."- Brook Farm.

§ 2. First Series of Essays published. - Contents: His-
tory, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws,

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Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul,
Circles, Intellect, Art. Emerson's Account of his
Mode of Life in a Letter to Carlyle. - Death of
Emerson's Son. - Threnody.

CHAPTER VI.

1843-1848. ET. 40-45.

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The Young American.” — Address on the Anniversary
of the Emancipation of the Negroes in the British
West Indies. - Publication of the Second Series of
Essays. Contents: The Poet. Experience. -
Character. - Manners. - Gifts.-Nature. - Politics.
— Nominalist and Realist. - New England Reform-
ers.- - Publication of Poems. - Second Visit to Eng-
land

CHAPTER VII.

1848-1853. T. 45-50.

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-France.

Visit to Eu-
"Repre-

The "Massachusetts Quarterly Review."
rope. - England. — Scotland.
sentative Men" published. I. Lives of Great Men.
II. Plato; or, the Philosopher; Plato; New Read-
ings. III. Swedenborg; or, the Mystic. IV. Mon-
taigne; or, the Skeptic. V. Shakespeare; or, the
Poet. VI. Napoleon; or, the Man of the World.
VII. Goethe; or, the Writer. · Contribution to the

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CHAPTER VIII.

1853-1858. ÆT. 50-55.

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Lectures in various Places.-Anti-Slavery Addresses.
Woman. A Lecture read before the Woman's Rights
Convention. - Samuel Hoar. Speech at Concord.
Publication of
Monthly."

English Traits." —The Atlantic
The " Saturday Club"

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