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• Emerson, Agassiz, and the Mind of God

  
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  Guest blog post by Christoph Irmscher, professor of English at Indiana University, Bloomington, and author of the recently published biography, Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science . In one of his lesser-known poems, Ralph Waldo Emerson confessed that while he admired the outfit worn by priests, such ...
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• Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says… We’re French!

  
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  In France I came across this sign: Provisional bar and occasional hotel. I wonder if this establishment accepts reservations?
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• Radiant Child

  
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  Harmony meters measure The moods rising Off the tarmacadam. Adults, in the swing of Bills, forget to smile. Less entertained by obligations In the local park, a Teen plays a keyboard Harvests raw blurred notes, hint Of a cool soundtrack. High harmony Readings encompass The radiant child. Echoes of lyrics dignify ...
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• Henry David Thoreau Poem: Conscience

  
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  Conscience Conscience is instinct bred in the house,   Feeling and Thinking propagate the sin   By an unnatural breeding in and in.   I say, Turn it out doors,   Into the moors.   I love a life whose plot is simple,   And does not thicken with every pimple,   A soul so ...
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• Weekly Photo Challenge: Background | Neighborhood Art

  
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  In New York I photographed a man engulfed by spray paint.
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• On Ralph Waldo Emerson

  
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  Originally posted 2011 Today is the birthday of America’s greatest philosopher/essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. His Transcendentalist writings were a major influence on my Mountebanks Manifesto . I used a quote from “The American Scholar” on the frontispiece: “Free should the scholar be — free and ...
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• Honesty Box

  
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  How can I accomplish my dreams? The hands on my clock are at loggerheads. If when walking on the Avenue Of The Future, I should happen to encounter a fortune teller who tells me: “You will mend your luck when you turn back the clock.” Will I deposit my gratitude in the honesty box? Or will I forge on ...
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