The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle
and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I, by Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Title: The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I
Author: Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Release Date: October 3, 2004 [EBook #13583]
Language: English
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THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS CARLYLE AND RALPH WALDO EMERSON
1834-1872
VOLUME I.
"To my friend I write a letter, and from him I receive a letter. It is a spiritual gift, worthy of him to give, and of me to receive."--Emerson
"What the writer did actually mean, the thing he then thought of, the thing he then was."--Carlyle
EDITORIAL NOTE
The trust of editing the following Correspondence, committed to me several years since by the writers, has been of easy fulfilment. The whole Correspondence, so far as it is known to exist, is here printed, with the exception of a few notes of introduction, and one or two essentially duplicate letters. I cannot but hope that some of the letters now missing may hereafter come to light.
In printing, a dash has been substituted here and there for a proper name, and some passages, mostly relating to details of business transactions, have been omitted. These omissions are distinctly designated. The punctuation and orthography of the original letters have been in the main exactly followe