“Self-Reliance.” Did the great Ralph Waldo Emerson get it wrong? Have we? Have we turned self-reliance into self-centeredness? Ralph Waldo Emerson, circa 1857. (George Eastman House Collection) Early ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In "Self-Reliance," Emerson alludes to the voice almost 80 times, mentioning it in over half of the essay's paragraphs. Unpacking these ...

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Nine score years ago, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote his American-spirited essay “Self-Reliance.” His thoughts echoed those of his soulmate, Henry David Thoreau, who went off to Waldon Pond to live it out.

In the lead-up to the bicentennial of American independence in 1976, a graduate student sent a proposal to an editor at a trade publisher in New York. Would he consider taking on a book about the ...