ESSAYS

ORATIONS AND LECTURES.

BY

RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

"Thus deeply drinking in the soul of things

We shall be wise perforce."

WORDSWORTH.

LONDON:

WILLIAM TEGG AND CO.; AYLOTT AND JONES.

GLASGOW: W. COLLINS; R. GRIFFIN AND CO.

EDINBURGH: THOMAS NELSON.

MDCCCXLVIII.