Representative Men: Seven Lectures

A collection of seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published in 1850, examining great men and their uses to society through portraits of Plato, Swedenborg, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Napoleon, and Goethe.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Other Non-Fiction›Essays and criticism›Essays on society, morals, and ideas›Art, culture, and great thinkers

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Adults›Other Non-Fiction›Essays and criticism›Essays on society, morals, and ideas