Ralph Waldo Emerson

Name: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author: Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

Plotinus:
    influence over Mary Emerson, 16, 17;
    ashamed of his body, 99;
    motto, 105;
    opinions, 173, 174;
    studied, 380.

  Plutarch:
    allusion, 22;
    his Lives, 50;
    study, 197;
    on immortality, 291;
    influence over Emerson, 299 _et seq_.;
    his great authority, 380;
    times mentioned, 382;
    Emerson on, 383;
    imagery quoted, 385;
    style, 405.

  Plymouth, Mass.:
    letters written, 78, 79;
    marriage, 83.

  Poetry:
    as an inspirer, 290;
    Milton on, 315.
    (See _Shakespeare_, etc.)

  Poets:
    list in Parnassus, 281;
    comparative popularity, 316, 317;
    consulting Emerson, 408.
    (See _Emerson's Poems_).

  Politics:
    activity in 1820, 147;
    in Saturday Club, 259.

  Pomeroy, Jesse, allusion, 393.

  Pope, Alexander, familiar lines, 316

  Porphyry:
    opinions, 173, 174;
    studied, 380.

  Porto Rico, E.B. Emerson's death, 19.

  Power, practical, 259.

  Prayer:
    not enough, 138, 139;
    anecdotes, 267.
    (See _God, Religion_, etc.)

  Preaching, a Christian blessing, 123.
  Preëxistence, 391.

  Presbyterianism, in Scotland, 409.

  Prescott, William, the Judge's mansion, 38.

  Prescott, William Hickling:
    rank, 33;
    Conquest of Mexico, 38.

  Prior, Matthew, 30.

  Proclus, influence, 173, 380.

  Prometheus, 209.

  Prospects, for man, 101-103.
    (See _Emerson's Essays_.)

  Protestantism, its idols, 28.
    (See _Channing, Religion, Unitarianism_, etc.)

  Psammetichus, an original language, 394.
    (See _Heredity, Language_, etc.)

  Punch, London, 204.

  Puritans, rear guard, 15.
    (See _Calvinism_, etc.)

  Puritanism:
    relaxation from, 30;
    after-clap, 268;
    in New England, 409.
    (See _Unitarianism_.)

  Putnam's Magazine, on Samuel Hoar, 213, 214.

  Pythagoras:
    imagery quoted, 385;
    preëxistence, 391.


  Quakers, seeing only broad-brims, 218.

  Quincy, Josiah:
    History of Boston Athenaeum, 31;
    tribute to the Anthology, 32, 33;
    memories of Emerson, 45-47;
    old age, 261.

  Quotations, 381-383.
    (See _Plagiarism_, etc.)


  Raleigh, Sir Walter, verse, 338.

  Raphael, his Transfiguration, 134.
    (See _Allston, Painters_, etc.)

  Rats, illustration, 167, 168.

  Reed, Sampson, his Growth of the Mind, 80.

  Reforms, in America, 141-145.

  Reformers, fairness towards, 156, 157, 188-192.
    (See _Anti-Slavery, John Brown_.)

  Religion:
    opinions of Wm. Emerson and others, 11-13;
    nature the symbol of spirit, 95;
    pleas for independence, 117;
    universal sentiment, 118-120;
    public rites, 152;
    Church of England, 219;
    of the future, 235;
    relative positions towards, 409, 410;
    Trinity, 411;
    Emerson's belief, 412-415;
    bigotry modified, 414.
    (See _Calvinism, Channing, Christ, Emerson's Life, Essays_,
    and _Poems, Episcopacy, God, Unitarianism_, etc.)

  Republicanism, spiritual, 36.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

Plotinus:
    influence over Mary Emerson, 16, 17;
    ashamed of his body, 99;
    motto, 105;
    opinions, 173, 174;
    studied, 380.

  Plutarch:
    allusion, 22;
    his Lives, 50;
    study, 197;
    on immortality, 291;
    influence over Emerson, 299 _et seq_.;
    his great authority, 380;
    times mentioned, 382;
    Emerson on, 383;
    imagery quoted, 385;
    style, 405.

  Plymouth, Mass.:
    letters written, 78, 79;
    marriage, 83.

  Poetry:
    as an inspirer, 290;
    Milton on, 315.
    (See _Shakespeare_, etc.)

  Poets:
    list in Parnassus, 281;
    comparative popularity, 316, 317;
    consulting Emerson, 408.
    (See _Emerson's Poems_).

  Politics:
    activity in 1820, 147;
    in Saturday Club, 259.

  Pomeroy, Jesse, allusion, 393.

  Pope, Alexander, familiar lines, 316

  Porphyry:
    opinions, 173, 174;
    studied, 380.

  Porto Rico, E.B. Emerson's death, 19.

  Power, practical, 259.

  Prayer:
    not enough, 138, 139;
    anecdotes, 267.
    (See _God, Religion_, etc.)

  Preaching, a Christian blessing, 123.
  Preëxistence, 391.

  Presbyterianism, in Scotland, 409.

  Prescott, William, the Judge's mansion, 38.

  Prescott, William Hickling:
    rank, 33;
    Conquest of Mexico, 38.

  Prior, Matthew, 30.

  Proclus, influence, 173, 380.

  Prometheus, 209.

  Prospects, for man, 101-103.
    (See _Emerson's Essays_.)

  Protestantism, its idols, 28.
    (See _Channing, Religion, Unitarianism_, etc.)

  Psammetichus, an original language, 394.
    (See _Heredity, Language_, etc.)

  Punch, London, 204.

  Puritans, rear guard, 15.
    (See _Calvinism_, etc.)

  Puritanism:
    relaxation from, 30;
    after-clap, 268;
    in New England, 409.
    (See _Unitarianism_.)

  Putnam's Magazine, on Samuel Hoar, 213, 214.

  Pythagoras:
    imagery quoted, 385;
    preëxistence, 391.


  Quakers, seeing only broad-brims, 218.

  Quincy, Josiah:
    History of Boston Athenaeum, 31;
    tribute to the Anthology, 32, 33;
    memories of Emerson, 45-47;
    old age, 261.

  Quotations, 381-383.
    (See _Plagiarism_, etc.)


  Raleigh, Sir Walter, verse, 338.

  Raphael, his Transfiguration, 134.
    (See _Allston, Painters_, etc.)

  Rats, illustration, 167, 168.

  Reed, Sampson, his Growth of the Mind, 80.

  Reforms, in America, 141-145.

  Reformers, fairness towards, 156, 157, 188-192.
    (See _Anti-Slavery, John Brown_.)

  Religion:
    opinions of Wm. Emerson and others, 11-13;
    nature the symbol of spirit, 95;
    pleas for independence, 117;
    universal sentiment, 118-120;
    public rites, 152;
    Church of England, 219;
    of the future, 235;
    relative positions towards, 409, 410;
    Trinity, 411;
    Emerson's belief, 412-415;
    bigotry modified, 414.
    (See _Calvinism, Channing, Christ, Emerson's Life, Essays_,
    and _Poems, Episcopacy, God, Unitarianism_, etc.)

  Republicanism, spiritual, 36.

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