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Howard Mumford Jones
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American - Writer
Born: 16 Apr 1892
Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.
Howard Mumford Jones
Then
American
Moral
Optimism
Spirit
When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration.
Howard Mumford Jones
He
James
American
Thought
Died
Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all accounts of him in literary or cultural history.
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Transcendental
American
Him
Cultural
Chief
I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.
Howard Mumford Jones
Weight
Dead
Us
Revolt
Youth
Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.
Howard Mumford Jones
Always
Than
Persecution
Meet
Suppress