Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Liberty
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2000). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.988, Modern Library
Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1888). “The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, L834-l872”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.378, Modern Library
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.205, Harvard University Press
Essays, Second Series "Politics" (1844)
The world exists, as I understand it, to teach the science of liberty.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.341, University of Georgia Press
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.335, University of Georgia Press
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt McLaughlin (2010). “The Laws of Nature: Excerpts from the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.71, North Atlantic Books
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.413, Harvard University Press
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.943, Library of America
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.330, Modern Library
The word liberty in the mouth of Mr. Webster sounds like the word love in the mouth of a courtesan.
Journal, Feb. 1851
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.4089, Delphi Classics