Browsing by Subject "Emerson, Ralph Waldo"
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(2020-10-27)Department: EnglishIn 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 ...