Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-04-28
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
DEATH OF THE CONCORD SAGE.

hALf IL ALUO GMEnCUV
DEATH OF THE CONCORD SAGE.
An Epltome Of His Life and works.
Mr.. Emerson died at Q o'clock last
night. Though perceptibly worse in the
morning, and his symptoms not of a re-
assuring character, bis death was not ex-
pected so soon by those in attendance
upon him. During the forenoon he did
not appear to suffer greatly and was ap-
parently resting easily, his condition in
fact being so free from alarming symptoms
that DR.. Putnam, the Boston physician
associated with Dr. Edward Emerson,
left for Boston, intending to return.
| About noon the patient exhibited signs
Of restlessness and began to suffer severe
pain. Soon thereafter he became deliri-
GUS, and DR.. Emerson Immediately admin
istercd ether, Cnder whose influence he
was kept until his death. At about a
quarter of nine DR.. Emerson came down
from the sick room to the apartment
where number of friends of the family
were sitting and stated that during the
afternoon Mr.. Emerson's pulse had been
reduced from 40 to 120 that he thought
the crisis in the disease had been reached
and would be passed favorably. The doc
tor then went up stairs, and returned
almost Immediately with the announce
ment of his death, which was not caused
by exhaustion, but by acute pneumonia,
the tubes suddenly filling up and chok-
ing him. His wife, DIR. Emerson and an
unmarried daughter, Ellen, We're at his
bedside when he died. In another part Of
tho house were several relatives and near
friends of his family, his nephew, Charles
Emerson, and wife; Mrs. Edward Emer-
son, Judges Keyes, DR.. Emerson's father
in-law, and Judge E. r. Hoar, the latter
of whom had called at the house early in
the evening. Mr.. Emerson's married
daughter, Mrs. w. II. Forbes, was not
present on account of illness. Tho first
public notice Of Mr.. Emerson's death was
given on the church bells of Concord,
which tolled 70 strokes, the poets age.
No arrangement has yet been made for the
funeral, but it is probable that the services
will be held at the Unitarian church in
Concord, on Monday, and that the remains
will be placed in the Sleepy Hollow CEN =
etery, near Emerson's homo.
A feeling of profound sorrow pervadcs
the community where he has so long re-
sided, and SO frequent had been the in
quiries in regard to his condition that
precautionary measures were necessary to
guard against tho patient being disturbed
by anxious visitors, who, by notice post
ed on the front door to-day, were request
ed to call at the back of tho house, where
all information would be willingly given.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, IL. D., the
poet, ,essayst and philosopher, whose death
is announced, was born in Boston, Mass,
May 25th, 1903, and was tho son of the
Rev. William Emerson, pastor Of tho First
church in that city. He received his carly
education at one of the public grammar
schools, and afterwards entered the Latin
school. He entered Harvard college in
1917, and graduated in August, 1921. The
records show that he twice received a
Bowdoin prize for dissertations, and once
a Boylston prize for defamation. He was
also the poet OF his class on "Class Day.
For five years after leaving college he
was engaged in teaching school:
and in March, 1929, he was at
Boston, being the eighth in sue
cession of consecutive line of minis
ters in his own family. In 1882 he asked
and received dismission from the church
on account of differences of opinion be
tween it's members and himself touching
the Lords Supper and in December he
sailed for Europe, where he remained
nearly q year. On his return in the win
ter of 1888 "a, he began his career as a
lecturer with discourse before the Boston
Mechanics institute, on tho subject of
"Water." Three others followed, two on
"Italy" and one on "The relation of man
to the globe" In 1884 he delivered a
series of biographical lectures on Michael
Angelo, Milton, Luther, George Fox, and
Edmund Burke. In 1885 he fixed his resi-
dence at Concord, Mass, where he has
since lived. He afterwards had wide ex-
perience as a lecturer on literary and educa-
tional subjects, and has published several
volumes, among which are "Nature :"
| 1886, "The American Scholar {"
OS37), "The Method of Nature" 1S41 },
which contained the most prominent Pc
culiarities of his scheme of idealism and
allured many readers into becoming his
disciples. In 1910 he became associated
with Miss Margaret Fuller, A. B. Alcott,
VIM. H. Charming, Theodore Parker,
George Ripley, and others in the editor
ship Of 1.-THE DIAL" and during tho last
two years of its existence this quarterly
was under his editorial charge. In 1s41
the first and in 1874 the second series of
Ills Essays were puDHSneu. In 1910 lie
collected and published a volume of his
poems. In 1S49 he collected in one VOL
ume, entitled Miscellanies, - his
MATURE" and nine lectures and COL
lego addresses. In 1850 his {" Es-
says on Representative Men, were pub
lished. In 1852 he published the
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoll." In
1856 he published "English Traits"
work in which he seizes and emphasizes
the characteristics of the English mind
and people and in 1860, 'Tho Conduct
of Life.'' His contributions to the cat
lantic Monthly" have been collected.
May Day and other Pieces" (poems)
appeared in 1867 )" Society and Solitude"
in 1870; an introduction to Prof. Good
wins translation of Plutarch's Morals, in
1871, and "Parnassus," Selected Poems
and fourth volume Of poems the same
year. Mr.. Emerson was also q prolific
lecturer on slavery, women's rights and
other topics of public interest, and was
recognized as one of the most able meta
physicians and theoreticians of the day.
OUR FESTIVE PRESIDENT.
Enjoying Himself Despite fractional Fights