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Ralph Waldo Emerson borrowed heavily from his aunt

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From: AP Online
Date: 19980327
Author:JEFFREY BRODEUR Associated Press Writer

JEFFREY BRODEUR Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-27-1998
PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American man of letters who extolled self-reliance, apparently got some of his material straight from his aunt Mary.

Many of the philosopher's writings include whole lines and phrases taken directly from the letters, journals and diaries of Mary Moody Emerson, professor Phyllis Cole says in the new book ``Mary Moody Emerson and the Origins of Transcendentalism,'' published by Oxford University Press.

``I stop just short of (calling it) theft,'' Ms. Cole said last week. ``He ...

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