Melanie Vallone English 10 CP 7th May 2001 America’s Man of Wisdom Between his distinguished writing and high moral family values, Ralph Waldo Emerson emulated a high society, well rounded individual. No one could have imagined the masterpieces he would bring to American life. At the age of two, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s father described him as a ‘rather dull scholar’; However, Ralph grew up to become one of the most acclaimed scholars in American history. …showed first 75 words of 1181 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1181 total…mature years represent the fullness of his achievement (Ralph Waldo Emerson 3). Described as a rather typical child while growing up, Ralph Waldo Emerson certainly blossomed into one of America’s most renowned and eloquent writers. Before his masterpieces he had started out in journals, sermons, lectures, and poems(Ralph Waldo Emerson 3). Emerson went through so much, but still succeeded in writing major works of literary art. He wrote some of the finest poetry in American