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EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. Autograph Letter Signed, “R.W. Emerson,” to
“Rev. Mr.Wheeler,” suggesting that he read his lecture on the “Crises of Men,” and arrang-
ing to meet. 3 pages, 8vo, written on a single folded sheet; some scattered marginal foxing.
(MRS)
Concord, 9 February 1861
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. . . I am not quite sure of the feasibility of reading to you the lecture you refer to: fear it may be bro-
ken up, & not quite reproducible in that form it had. . . . I will see if it be presentable: Else, may try to
read my lecture on the ‘Crises of Men.’
“
. . . I think it will be prudent, & more considerate of Mrs.Wheeler’s morning, to stick close to the
hotel & railway. But you will let me see you that evening.”