LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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RALPH WALDO EMERSON Frontispiece

From a daguerreotype taken by Hawes in 1854,
in the possession of the family, and never before

reproduced
MR. EMERSON'S HOUSE IN CONCORD,

Showing Mr. Emerson standing by the entrance

From a photograph
MR. EMERSON'S STUDY

From a photograph

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HISTORY

There is no great and no small
To the Soul that maketh all :
And where it cometh, all things are ;
And it cometh everywhere.

I am owner of the sphere,
Of the seven stars and the solar year,
Of Cæsar's hand, and Plato's brain,
Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakspeare's strain.