The wisdom of the late Jane Goodall, as expressed in one of her poems.
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Tag Archives: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Old Wisdom from Jane Goodall (R.I.P.)
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Emerson: Let Freedom Be Your King
Emerson’s “Boston Hymn,” written during the Civil War, imagines God telling America to make freedom its king and to free the slaves.
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Oliver: My Work Is Loving the World
in Mary Oliver’s “Messenger,” the poet provides insight into what it means to live forever.
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Wendell Berry’s Sabbath Vision
In this fine talk Andrea Sanders explores Wendell Berry’s vision of Sabbath, with slide glances at Dillard, Thoreau, Dickinson, and others.
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What Makes a Nation Strong? Not Fascism
Emerson’s “A Nation’s Strength” is must reading in this time of trial.
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We’re All Embattled Farmers Now
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Soliloquies Changed Us Fundamentally
Hamlet’s soliloquies changed the way we see ourselves and others and led the way to the novel.
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Out of Pain We Feed This Feverish Plot
Oliver captures Christian fish imagery in “The Fish.”
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