In a letter dated 1854, Ralph Waldo Emerson shared fatherly wisdom that encouraged his daughter to move on from mistakes and ...

Quote of the day by Ralph Waldo Emerson explores the meaning of the line “All is riddle and the key to a riddle is another ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803, in Boston. He published many books, including "Nature" (J. Munroe & Co., 1836), "The Conduct of Life" (Ticknor and Fields, 1860) and "English Traits" ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. In “Emerson,” composed in 1868 and published posthumously in our ...

On this day in 1857, The Atlantic published its first issue. Of all the writing that appeared in this inaugural edition, the most enduring 153 years later has been the poetry. The issue's 128 pages ...

American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson championed individuality, urging people to trust their inner voice. His famous quote ...

> 47 — Years that Emerson, “The Sage of Concord,” lived in Bush, now a National Historic Landmark “And fired the shot heard round the world” — The best-known line of Emerson’s poem “Concord Hymn,” ...