…and the novelist as he presented himself in private life in conversation. We have an interesting example of this recorded by Emerson when he came to England and had a talk with Dickens. Emerson records a conversation in which he and Dickens discussed…

…We have an interesting example of this recorded by Emerson when he came to England and had a talk with Dickens. Emerson records a conversation in which he and Dickens discussed the relative chastity of English and American young men. And Emerson asserted…

…Emerson records a conversation in which he and Dickens discussed the relative chastity of English and American young men. And Emerson asserted that practically all American young men of his period, I don't know if it's still true, were remarkably chaste.…

…we can I think with considerable confidence foresee a remarkable improvement in the human creature. It will cease to be untrue what Emerson said long ago, all men plume themselves on the improvement of society, but no man improves. It may be possible now…

…this thing, the discipline of Latin grammar and so on, which I think is nonsense, but rather to produce an experienced mind. Emerson pointed out that this type of education produced a sense of immense longevity. It permits the person who has had it to…