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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 'The American Scholar': A Detailed Summary

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
"The American Scholar": A Detailed Summary

Emerson's first statements strike the note of hope for scholarship in
America, "a friendly sign of the survival of the love of letters" among people
who have grown too busy with other, everyday matters. The love of letters is,
hopefully, an "indestructible instinct," and there are signs that the
"sluggard intellect" of America is being awakened and distracted from mere
"exertions of mechanical skill," that is, from preoccupation with
industrialization and material pursuits. And, most important, Emerson ...

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