Wednesday, January 10, 2007

 

January 9, 2007 Ralph Waldo Emerson



At Harvard, there is a building known as Emerson; it's named after Ralph Waldo Emerson, who graduated from here in 1821. After he began suggesting in his essays and speeches that God was within us and within nature in general (as opposed to Jesus Christ), he was ostracized by Harvard, but was honored by the College later in life.
On January 9, Sarah and I were hanging around Emerson Hall, where there is a bronze sculpture of Ralph, seated in a chair. Then, we started goofing around with my camera.......

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