{"product_id":"2940150989320","title":"Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson","description":"Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston, May 25, 1803. He was descended\u003cbr\u003efrom a long line of New England ministers, men of refinement and\u003cbr\u003eeducation. As a school-boy he was quiet and retiring, reading a great\u003cbr\u003edeal, but not paying much attention to his lessons. He entered Harvard\u003cbr\u003eat the early age of fourteen, but never attained a high rank there,\u003cbr\u003ealthough he took a prize for an essay on Socrates, and was made class\u003cbr\u003epoet after several others had declined. Next to his reserve and the\u003cbr\u003efaultless propriety of his conduct, his contemporaries at college\u003cbr\u003eseemed most impressed by the great maturity of his mind. Emerson\u003cbr\u003eappears never to have been really a boy. He was always serene and\u003cbr\u003ethoughtful, impressing all who knew him with that spirituality which\u003cbr\u003ewas his most distinguishing characteristic.","brand":"Readings LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074089206000,"sku":"2940150989320","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150989320_p0.jpg?v=1763756662","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150989320","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}