National Republican., 1882-04-29
RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
Brief Sketch of the EventfuI Life of the
StaIwnrt Philosopher and Poet.

staIwnrt Philosopher and Poet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson philosopher and poet,
who died on Thursday, was born IN Boston May
%, 1903, Sprung from a stock that for eight gen.
eratons had on the maternal or paternal side pro-
duced minister Of the Gospel, he was destined
for the church. After receiving an education In
the Boston public Schools in 1917, at fourteen yeara
Of age, he entered Harvard College, and graduated
when he was seventeen. In his junior year he
gained the first prize for an essay upon 1.-THE
Character of Socrates" and in his senior year the
second prize for an essay upon The Present State
of Ethical Philosophy" In 1926 he was appro-
bated TO preach by the Middlesex Association.
poor health, he was in 1929 called to be important
position Of colleague to Henry Ware In the Second
Unitarian Church. OF Boston. On Mr. Ware Eesg-
married Miss Ellen Louisa Tucker, Of Boston, who
survived the union only one year In September,
1890 Emerson's conscience compelled him TO re-
sign the sacred ofice.
NE HAD GRAVE DOUBTS
as TO the authority and usefulness Of the rite OF
the Lords supper, aud In his farewell sermoD--e
sermon teeming with noble thoughts and inspired
language-eXplained his reasons for rpsgnng his
vocation. In December he went to Europe, where
he met such men % Horatlo Greenough tho
American sculptor; Walter Savage Lauder, that
most remarkable Of poets; Samuel Taylor Cole
ridge, William Wordsworth, Thomas Carlyle, aud
others whose names are distinguished IN English
literature. In 1888 no returned to America and
accepted au invitation to lecture, in the year fol-
lowing some of his lectures being Published in
the NORTH American ReUtTo. In 1885 he married
Lidian jackson, Of Plymouth and took up his
residence In the quiet little town Of Concord,
where he has ever since resided. From This timo
he entered upon the regular duties of a lecturer.
In 1886 he published his hrst work, Nature one
Of the most remarkable works OF modern times
and yet which commanded no sale. In 1910 the
Dial, the organ Of
NEW SCHOOL OF BOSTON THINKERS.
was established, and Emerson became a regular
contributor 70 y becoming n lsi2 its editor
earnest thinker aud teacher. He has been ac-
oused OF being free thinker; IL is evident from
perusal Of his works that more deeply religioui
man, no man who has been more ian pressed by thd
glorious teachings o. Natur, ever lived, Erners9n
works most widely known are "The Essays" They
attracted the attention OF the great German
thinker, Hermann Grimm, aud have been more
widely copied and quoted both IN this country
and Europe than any other OF his works. These
essays reveal him In dual character. They show
him as an ideal philosopher Soaring in tho loftiest
In ordinary human affairs always regulated By
common philosophy, He was Undoubtedly the
greatest OF American philosopher and one whose
impress has made itseli felt on both sides Of the
Atlantic,
An article In an exchange is headed, "Jay Gould
to Sue for Reputation" What man who is
worth soO0O0,00O wants with a reputation Is aprob.
lem too deep for the average mind to solve Mr.
Gould is rich enough to buy reputation u ~
Wanb ouei Wen lot him have ours for QUE thud
OF his wealth, and not cent less because Il Is the
only one we haye,-NoTtsiotul Herald
Gordon Cumming, In his new book, "At Homo
In Fill" says that cannibalism is by no means a
lost art Ia shat famous south Sea archipelago.
The fashionable style Of cooking somewhat TO.
semhleS the Rhode Island clam bake, tho bodies
which lmpaTts pleasant relish and facilitates
digestion, and then roasted between hot stones,