NATURE.

ADDRESSES, AND LECTURES.

ADDRESSES, AND LECTURES.

BY

R. W. EMERSON.

BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE:
JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY.

M DCCC XLIX.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

FROM THE LIBRARY OF
PROF. JAMES HARDY ROPES
MARCH 14, 1934

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849,
BY JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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NATURE

CONTENTS.

THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR.

1

AN ORATION BEFORE

THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY, AT CAMBRIDGE,

AUGUST 31, 1837

AN ADDRESS TO THE SENIOR CLASS IN DIVINITY

COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, JULY 15, 1838

LITERARY ETHICS. AN ADDRESS TO THE LITERARY

75

. 113

SOCIETIES IN DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, JULY 24, 1838 . 147

THE METHOD OF NATURE. AN ADDRESS TO THE

SOCIETY OF THE ADELPHI, in WatervilLE COL-

LEGE, MAINE, AUGUST 11, 1841

MAN THE REFORMER. A LECTURE READ BEFORE

THE MECHANICS' APPRENTICES' LIBRARY ASSOCIA-

TION, BOSTON, JANUARY 25, 1841

INTRODUCTORY LECTURE ON THE TIMES. READ

. 181

. 217

IN THE MASONIC TEMPLE, BOSTON, DEC. 2, 1841 249