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    • Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Anglo-Saxonist Theory of Despair 
      Brandt, David; 0000-0002-2977-1840 (2020-10-27)
      Department: English
      In his 1854 address on the Fugitive Slave Act, Ralph Waldo Emerson criticizes pro-compromise Northern Whigs for basing their politics on a theory of “despair.” Lambasting the Compromise of 1850 for its torpid attempt to ...