Ralph Waldo Emerson

[jhg1051]

Though this was filmed by a spork (spoon-fork) and the pixels are aggravating, it is clear you know what you are talking about, and, more importantly, have a boss mustache. thanks for the insight you helped a ton!

[diodoro73]

where Emerson and Thoeau in anyway connected or influenced by Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society??

[bobjfs]

Pronounced: Thurrow. Not the French way. How do we know? Cause he sold a boat to Nathaniel Hawthorne. When Hawthorne recorded the sale in his journal, he spelled the name phonetically: Thurrow. It shocked me, but in a good way. Now we know.

[TheLocalcat]

excellent!

[N64ROCKZ]

So. Why do you have to be in a forest to say all this?

[coelhu1234]

your ignorant... @N64ROCKZ. As i see it.. with that kind of stupid question, you did not get the TRUE meaning of Trancendentalism. DONT you know about Walden, David thoureau, simple living ???

[N64ROCKZ]

@coelhu1234 of course i know, otherwise i wouldn't be watching this video. By the way you said i was ignorant, but then you call my question stupid. You know those are two different things right?

[coelhu1234]

Sorry @N64ROCKZ ! was a bit rude... and... regret myself in honor of Mr. Waldo's Way of thinking.

[N64ROCKZ]

@coelhu1234 That's okay. You had me at sorry.

[headbanger623]

I was waiting for a "Yeehaw"

[wmbtgd]

Thank You

[just4studying]

YOU ROCK...I like your vids very much because I'm the type of a student who like to see and hear more than to read (only while studying :D )..

Thanks Very Much

[zombiejon]

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affction of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;

To leave the world a better place, whether by heathly child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.

-Attributed to Emerson, perhaps inaccurately-

[headbanger623]

@zombiejon affection*

[coffeeisyum]

Thank you so much for this introduction. I can read Emerson with more confidence.

[poetryanimations]

Fantastic Emerson was one of the truly great minds of literarature.

Kind Regards

Jim Clark

[xXshmoeXx]

Thank you!! :D I am going to use this for my project!! Thanks again! :)

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

Where's Waldo Emerson!!!

Where's Waldo Emerson????

[Jsensei]

Wonderful! Thank you so much for making this video. I am definitely using your videos in my English Lit. classroom. Having a new voice give them information is very helpful. Thanks again!

[Admyii]

Wowo,this is truly a great presentation of trascendentalism!Very clear,nicely said and enjoyable to listen to!Outstanding job!

[EnglishGuyinTexas]

These brief comments are certainly never meant to replace the actual text, and they do not contain enough detail to even begin doing that. They are intended to be quick introductions, similar to what we might say to a class as we make an assignment to read an author for next meeting. These presentations are actually made as part of a fully online class, so these videos are here to introduce a writer. The students have reading assignments to go along with each writer.

[mhatlie]

Interesting. I am a 42 year old history and poli sci prof who is only now reading Emerson and Thoreau (a bit of Thoreau was required in high school, but quickly forgotten). Then I go online and find these quicky-lectures, less than two weeks old. Good stuff. I just hope - how naive of me - that students will not take these informative "quickies" as a substitute for directly engaging the real texts.