Here’s Waldo

how and why to read Ralph Waldo Emerson

By Dave Read, Lenox, MA – If big ideas were as valuable as nickles are, then I’d be rich enough to afford cable TV! But they’re not, so, without TV, I must content myself with the books they let me borrow at the library. One that has proved more entertaining than an entire box-set of The Apprentice on DVD, is the Library of America’s edition of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Essays & Lectures.

Because it was the name he preferred to be known by, I choose to refer to him as Waldo. And because Where’s Waldo achieved widespread popularity after hopping the pond from England, I expect to get sinfully rich off Here’s Waldo, my current get-rich scheme. The plan is to post samples of Waldo’s wit and sagacity once a week or so, which will make readers want to send me checks and/or gift cards.

For book-free reading, check this out: The Project Gutenberg eBook of Essays, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Here’s Waldo:

Nov. 17, 2024 – “The cold is inconsiderate of persons, tingles your blood, freezes a man like a dew-drop. But learn to skate, and the ice will give you a graceful, sweet, and poetic motion.” – (Essay on Fate)