Megan_Emerson

Name: Ralph Waldo Emerson Birthday: May 25, 1803 Hometown: Boston, MA

__About Me:__ I am Ralph Waldo Emerson. I was born in the Puritan New England town of Boston, Massachusetts in 1803. As a child, I preferred to be called Waldo. I kept journals and wrote about my thoughts and observations, as I do in my many pieces of writing. I believe in self-trust and more people should do so as well. It is important to believe in yourself and trust your own opinion. The way that others think should not influence one’s beliefs and thoughts. Most Americans are “intellectual sluggards.” Books can only teach one so much, but the real world gives one experiences that can truly teach. The perfect “American Scholar” is not just a bookworm. They study from nature and when doing so, they learn about themselves. It gives one the chance to understand the boundlessness of nature and the boundlessness of oneself. My thought on books is that they are here to inspire, inform, and to write for the next generation. People can be over influenced by books and that can change their beliefs. Books will never be perfect, and in the meantime nature and the real world is the best way to learn and be influenced.

__My Family:__ My parents are Ruth Haskins and William Emerson. I first married a wonderful woman named Ellen Louisa Tucker. Unfortunately she died of tuberculosis. I later married Lydia Jackson and had four lovely children. Their names are Waldo, Ellen, Edith, and Edward.

__My Famous Works:__ -The American Scholar -Self-Reliance -Nature

LEARN MORE ABOUT ME: http://www.online-literature.com/emerson/


 * On this page I say that I am Ralph Waldo Emerson. It should be clearly stated that I am not claiming that I am Emerson. The information presented on this page is retrieved from a study of his pieces of writing and online sources, such as the one above. The only work on this page that is completely mine is the text that summarizes Ralph Waldo Emerson.