American Men of Letters

EDITED BY

CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER.


"_Thou wert the morning star among the living,
Ere thy fair light had fled:
Now, having died, thou art as Hesperus, giving
New splendor to the dead._"


American Men of Letters

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RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

BY

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

1891




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