Ralph Waldo Emerson outstanding as the best of Emerson's essays, which Bloom listed as "Self-Reliance", "Circles", "Experience", and "nearly all of "Conduct of Life"". In his belief that line lengths, rhythms, and phrases are determined by breath, Emerson's poetry foreshadowed the theories of Charles Olson. Collections Individual essays Poems Letters Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts
Messenger and Advocate "Messenger and Advocate". Messenger and Advocate The Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate, often shortened to Messenger and Advocate, was an early Latter Day Saint monthly newspaper published in Kirtland, Ohio, from October 1834 to September 1837. It was the successor to "The Evening and the Morning Star" and the predecessor to the "Elders' Journal". The "Messenger and Advocate" was established after a mob had destroyed the printing press of "The Evening and the Morning Star" in Independence, Missouri, on July 20, 1833, causing the "Star" to relocate to Kirtland. After a brief run, the "Star" was discontinued in favor