| Show HAMn wIno WALDO Today at Concord Con corti and other places the ono one hundredth anniversary ot of the birth of ot Emerson Is l celebrated And the eve Is II one that should be for nan made mado for him himself himself self a name In our history as all the first American original poet the first American thinker to attract attention I Mth here and beyond the sea soo And he I was VOl more than a poet and a n philosopher pher He Ite was a II teacher and a seer Beer seerA BeerA I A contributor to the North Ameri Amerl American can Review nI says rs his attitude was al ai almost most mOtt Jewish He III expected a II IIlah and h held that this deliverer would wouldn In n nil nl probability be b of ot American origin And t still more mONo he felt convinced that whenever he appeared appe rell he would be re N regarded as liS a crank Ills study had led him ilm to 10 believe that the char character character acter of at such uch a Messiah would not be known knon by the princes Of the world For this reason h i was tolerant He lie viewed Ole ho various of false w as ae forerunners of ot tho true M He H expected that the regeneration Of lit the world wold would wouW take tak place through ewe o modern seer inspired 1 and en Jawed for that work wk That he h was a contemporary of ot the great American and herald new era em a ilie 11 saw w coming did not dawn upon him hiD but bul the net fact that thai he W clearly clearl Ute the need of ot a II regeneration of ot the world and that he h expected this to o be brought about by a 11 npr from rom Geld born U Of American oAn soil soli tamps t him aa a man gifted more than han common light Ralph Waldo was II born In Ino noton o lon May 1 K 1 His forefathers tor or several generation hUd had been min It and he Inherited from them hi id Intellect and spirituality pl I Finally II K appeared as a It Unitarian clergyman l but he hi soon had bad conscientious scruples l ai st administering the tM sacrament It dawned upon hn that thatto to o do so 80 without authority from above noI noIa was a a mockery and he lie resigned Af he ht rave gave lectures preaching tb he Importance of ot Individuals and the of element In l tt G his hiI first book Nature l ipen It t toek a long time Ume to d 4 but from ISCO his position In th tM front ranks of at American philosophers l WOlf was assured During Durin the last Ilist ton ten o or twelve toll of ot his hll lire life he wrote bu bUL little Jut but his hll Influence upon American lIt even evert upon the Iho life lito of the country became more am lint more marked He was one of tho groa gront American characters oh that held het th tho stage during the past century He will wll ever bo be remembered In tho annals o oman of mono man |
