Originally published by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1841 under the title Essays. After the publication of Essays: Second Series in 1844 Emerson revised and corrected Essays and republished it under Essays: First Series in 1847. Self-reliance and Circles are required reading, as is The Over-Soul for anyone interested in the basic tenets of transcendentalism.


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