First published in 1909, The Harvard Classics is a comprehensive collection of literature and philosophy considered to be among the finest ever written. This fifth volume, edited by Harvard President Charles William Eliot, features a selection of Ralph Waldo Emerson's most famous essays and lectures, including 'The American Scholar' and 'Self-Reliance'. A must-read for fans of Emerson and anyone interested in the great American intellectual tradition.

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