Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.He was a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and his ideology was disseminated through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures.Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of transcendentalism in his 1836 essay "Nature".Contents:EssaysThe Conduct of LifeFatePowerWealthCultureBehaviourWorshipConsiderations by the WayBeautyIllusionsEssays: First SeriesHistory.Self-reliance.Compensation.Spiritual laws.Love.Friendship.Prudence.Heroism.The over-soul.Circles.Intellect.Art.NatureThe American ScholarPoemsMay-Day and Other PiecesMAY-DAYTHE ADIRONDACSBRAHMANEMESISFATEFREEDOMODE SUNG IN THE TOWN HALL, CONCORD, JULY 4, 1857BOSTON HYMN READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY 1, 1863VOLUNTARIESLOVE AND THOUGHTUNABOSTONGOD WITH THE FATHERS, SO WITH US,LETTERSRUBIESMERLIN'S SONGTHE TESTSOLUTIONHYMN SUNG AT THE SECOND CHURCH, AT THE ORDINATION OF REV. CHANDLER ROBBINSNATURE INATURE IITHE ROMANY GIRLDAYSMY GARDENTHE CHARTIST'S COMPLAINTTHE TITMOUSETHE HARPSEASHORESONG OF NATURETWO RIVERSWALDEINSAMKEITTERMINUSTHE NUN'S ASPIRATIONAPRILMAIDEN SPEECH OF THE AEOLIAN HARPCUPIDOTHE PASTTHE LAST FAREWELLLINES WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR'S BROTHER, EDWARD BLISS EMERSON, WHILST SAILING OUT OF BOSTON HARBOR, BOUND FOR THE ISLAND OF PORTO RICO, IN 1832IN MEMORIAM E. B. E.Elements and MottoesEXPERIENCECOMPENSATIONPOLITICSHEROISMCHARACTERCULTUREFRIENDSHIPSPIRITUAL LAWSBEAUTYMANNERSARTUNITYWORSHIPPRUDENCENATURETHE INFORMING SPIRITCIRCLESINTELLECTGIFTSPROMISECARITASPOWERWEALTHILLUSIONSThe Snow-StormConcord Hymn

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.