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jennifermunroe, « "The American Scholar" », EMROC, ID : 10.58079/o898
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ByTaryn Dollings MA Student, UNC Charlotte Ralph Waldo Emerson describes “The American Scholar:” “He plies the slow, unhonored, and unpaid task of observation […] Long must he stammer in his speech; often forego the living for the dead. Worse yet, he must accept, – how often! Poverty and solitude.” My copy of Emerson’s speech is highlighted and punctuated with “Yes!” and “I feel that!” and “Life of a grad student!” So often we sit, as I am now, alone in our dark chambers, pouring out thought...