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    An Emersonian Guide to American Politics

    The essayist’s thoughts on the value of conservatism offer wisdom for our divided age

    byKerry Ellard
  • The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts (here, photographed sometime between 1890 and 1901 "from the highway") was built in 1770 for Rev. William Emerson, father of minister Rev. William Emerson and grandfather of transcendentalist writer and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson.
    The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts (here, photographed sometime between 1890 and 1901 "from the highway") was built in 1770 for Rev. William Emerson, father of minister Rev. William Emerson and grandfather of transcendentalist writer and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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    The Election and the Over-Soul

    Mystic emanations, and a path forward, in democracy’s wake

    byPaul Berman
  • (Collage Tablet Magaine. Image sources: Alfred Kazin, 1962: Walter Daran/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images; Emily Dickinson: Yale University Manuscripts & Archives Digital Images Database ; Ralph Waldo Emerson: Library of Congress; Bed: George Eastman House; New York City: Berenice Abbot/New York Public Library.)
    (Collage Tablet Magaine. Image sources: Alfred Kazin, 1962: Walter Daran/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images; Emily Dickinson: Yale University Manuscripts & Archives Digital Images Database ; Ralph Waldo Emerson: Library of Congress; Bed: George Eastman House; New York City: Berenice Abbot/New York Public Library.)
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    The Non-Belonger

    Alfred Kazin brought out the Jew in Emerson, the mystic in sex, and the terrible beauty in community. There’s no better guide for the “social me” age.

    byLiel Leibovitz
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