Essays: Second Series is Ralph Waldo Emerson's second collection of essays, published in 1844. Its opening essay, The Poet, argues that true judges of art and beauty are rarer than the mere connoisseurs who have acquired some knowledge of admired pictures or sculptures.
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Source Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: Second Series (1844)
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1. Wikipedia: Essays: Second Series
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Essays: Second Series is a series of essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1844, concerning transcendentalism.
2. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: Second Series (1844)
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Those who are esteemed umpires of taste are often persons who have acquired some knowledge of admired pictures or sculptures, and have an inclination for whatever is elegant.
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