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The American Scholar Address

United States · Humanities / Philosophy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1837

Ralph Waldo Emerson31 August 1837

Cambridge · Humanities / Philosophy

Delivers The American Scholar address to the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Names involved

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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