The Conduct of Life

by Ralph Waldo EMERSON (1803 - 1882)

03 - Essay 3: Wealth

The Conduct of Life

This is the best of Emerson's later works, qualifying his earlier popular essays, series one and two, with the heavier hand of experience. The Conduct of Life ostensibly is a set of essays about how to live life, but also is an amalgam of what life taught Emerson. (Summary by Daniel Christopher June)


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04 - Essay 4: Culture , 05 - Essay 5: Behavior , 06 - Essay 6: Worship , 07 - Essay 7: Considerations , 08 - Essay 8: Beauty , 09 - Essay 9: Illusions