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Essays, Second Series. Draft of part of opening paragraph of "Nature." Holograph, unsigned, undated

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Title

Essays, Second Series. Draft of part of opening paragraph of "Nature." Holograph, unsigned, undated

Collection

Ralph Waldo Emerson collection of papers
Series I: Manuscripts

Names

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1844

Library Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Emerson
Shelf locator: m.b. Emerson ALS A - H

Subjects

Intellectuals -- United States

Genres

Manuscripts
Essays

Notes

Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Ownership: Owen D. Young
Publications: Essays, Second Series (Boston: James Munroe, 1844). (publications)
Citation/Reference: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 3, Essays, Second Series, ed. Joseph Slater, Alfred R. Ferguson and Jean Ferguson Carr (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1983), 99.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 leaf
[2 written sides]. Draft, with much of the phrasing of, but many variants from, final version of "Nature": "Here is sanctity which shames our religions & reality that discredits all our heroes."

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19738382
Archives ID: 22322
Other local Identifier: 4882342
Other local Identifier: 7a7bcb30-26b0-0130-3996-58d385a7b928
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Emerson m.b.
Archives EAD ID: 945929
Archives Components ID: 763379
Accession number: 214563B
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2e55d8d0-091a-013a-6340-0242ac110003

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Essays, Second Series. Draft of part of opening paragraph of "Nature." Holograph, unsigned, undated" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e55d8d0-091a-013a-6340-0242ac110003

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1844). Essays, Second Series. Draft of part of opening paragraph of "Nature." Holograph, unsigned, undated Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e55d8d0-091a-013a-6340-0242ac110003

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Essays, Second Series. Draft of part of opening paragraph of "Nature." Holograph, unsigned, undated" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e55d8d0-091a-013a-6340-0242ac110003

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