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THE SAGE OF CONCORD.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet and philosopher,
died at his home III Concord, Mass. on the
9th ult., aged 10 years. The deceased who
was affectionately known as '.The Sage OF
Concord was born in Boston May 25, 1893.
He camo of an intellectual "blue blood" being
ancestored Ivy eight generations of ministers,
whose lives aud works are inseparably entwined
in the early history of New England.
AZ y years old Ralph entered the public gram
mar school and soon after the Latin school, He
was noted as " one who loved to trihe in rhyme
little now and them He entered Harvard
IN his 18th year, but was even then good clas-
seal scholar. His favorte stady was Greek,
and he was an apt translator, and excelled in
composition and defamation. In his Sopho-
more year he assisted his brother William in
teaching q school which was held in his moth
er's house.
In March, 1899, he was ordained minister of
the Second Church in Boston. In 1882 he re-
signed his place and gradually withdrew from
the ministry, having lost faith In the dogmas OF
religion.
In 1888 Emerson made a voyage to Europe
for the benefit of his health. In England he
formed the acquaintance OF such men as Cole
ridge, Wordsworth, Carlyle, Walter Savage
Lander, and other famous literati. Returning
TO Boston In the winter, he commenced series
of lectures, and III 1884 preached for a time for
the Unitarian Church in New Bedford. In 1885
he delivered series OF biographical lectures i'll
Boston. In 1886, at the laying Of the corner
stone of monument commemorating the Con-
cord fight, an ode written by him was sung. 1t
contains the immortal lines:
uar tna al far ate
And fred the shot heard round the world.
In 1886 his book, entitled Mature" was pub
Iished which met with so small sale that
after twelve years only 500 copies were Sold In
1888 Emerson collected and published in
three volumes, "Carlyle's Essays hav-
ing previously edited the American edition of
"Sartor Resartus." In that year he,
with Bronson Alcott, Margaret Fuller,
Parker, Stetson, Clarke and others, formed
the Transcondental Club, devoted TO the dis
cusslon of idealistic religion. He resigned q
position as minister OF East Lexington III 1888.
on account Of his increasing liberalty OF opin-
ion. In 1S33-'40 he lectured in Boston. In
1910 a quarterly magazine, called The Dial, Of
which Emerson was editor, being associated
therein with Margaret Fuller, was commenced
and was published for four years, and for
which he wrote much both OF prose and poetry.
In the Brook Farm scheme Of 1S4l he took
much interest, but his keen sense of the ridicu-
esthetic village" as he styled it.
In 1S47 he published second series of es-
says and a volume OF poems In the fall of
that year he made second visit to England.
There ne was engaged to deliver q course OF
lectures for the Mechanics Institute which
had some time previously been organized by
the famous Lord Brougham. These lectures
were remarkably successful; the American phil
osopher was received not only by the most
prominent men of letters, but by the masses of
the people. The halls were thronged, and the
public journals teemed with the popular opln-
ionslof proioundrespect and esteem TO rthe man
ana his lectures He published another
volume Of essays in 1849, and also published
in book form some Of his contributions TO the
Dial Essays on Representative Men " APP
peared in 1850, "Memors Of Margaret Fuller
Ossoli " in 1852 English Traits i'll 1856,
the " Conduct of Life" in 1860, "May Day
and Other Poems " in 1867, "Society and Soil
tude in 1870.
The abolition movement gained Emerson's
sympathies from the very first From the year
1914, when he delivered an address in honor Of
West Indian emancipation, he was ever heart
and soul for the cause.
Emerson was twice married. In 1929 10
Ellen Louisa Tucker, who died of consumption
in 1892, ana in 1885 to Lydia Jackson, of Ply
mouth, who has been the beloved companion
till the last. He was always interested in the
public welfare, and took an active part i'll the
literary organizations OF Concord. BY those
who knew him longest and most intimately he
was regarded with reverence and devotion.