[715] Sempiternal. Everlasting; eternal. [716] Oliver Cromwell. An Englishman of the middle classes who became the military and civil leader of the English Revolution of the seventeenth century. He refused the title of king; but as Lord Protector of the English commonwealth, he exercised royal power. NATURE By R. W. Emerson CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER I. NATURE 8 CHAPTER II. COMMODITY 10 CHAPTER III. BEAUTY 13 CHAPTER IV. LANGUAGE 23 CHAPTER V. DISCIPLINE 34 CHAPTER VI. IDEALISM 45 CHAPTER VII. SPIRIT 59 CHAPTER VIII. PROSPECTS 64 THE CONDUCT OF LIFE By R. W. Emerson CONTENTS Fate Power Wealth Culture Behavior Worship Considerations by the Way Beauty Illusions ENGLISH TRAITS By Ralph Waldo Emerson CONTENTS CHAPTER I. FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND. CHAPTER II. VOYAGE TO ENGLAND. CHAPTER III. LAND. CHAPTER IV. RACE. CHAPTER V. ABILITY. CHAPTER VI. MANNERS. CHAPTER VII. TRUTH. CHAPTER VIII. CHARACTER. CHAPTER IX. COCKAYNE. CHAPTER X. WEALTH. CHAPTER XI. ARISTOCRACY. CHAPTER XII. UNIVERSITIES. CHAPTER XIII. RELIGION. CHAPTER XIV. LITERATURE. CHAPTER XV. THE "TIMES." CHAPTER XVI. STONEHENGE. CHAPTER XVII. PERSONAL. CHAPTER XVIII. RESULT. CHAPTER XIX. SPEECH AT MANCHESTER. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, by Ralph Waldo Emerson