Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. In “Emerson,” composed in 1868 and published posthumously in our ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803, in Boston. He published many books, including "Nature" (J. Munroe & Co., 1836), "The Conduct of Life" (Ticknor and Fields, 1860) and "English Traits" ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

While April 1 is usually associated with good-spirited trickery and the early signs of spring, it also marks the beginning of National Poetry Month. Introduced by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 ...

> 47 — Years that Emerson, “The Sage of Concord,” lived in Bush, now a National Historic Landmark “And fired the shot heard round the world” — The best-known line of Emerson’s poem “Concord Hymn,” ...

I was surprised to see Sandy Emerson and his wife, Jeanne, at The Well-Read Moose’s recent celebration of National Poetry Month. I didn’t realize the former Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce manager ...

In “Emerson,” composed in 1868 and published posthumously in our December 1904 issue, theologian Henry James Sr. reflected on the distinct impression Ralph Waldo Emerson made upon his readers: No ...