The courage to stand alone, to challenge the mob, to think for oneself — these are no longer virtues but liabilities.

When Ralph Waldo Emerson and his friends hammered out the ... in Smith’s book made perfect sense to him. “The basis of ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1911. Courtesy ... The Boston literary crowd overlapped with the advocacy of progressive political ideas, especially abolition and women's suffrage, as well as the plight ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson. Rosa Parks ... The 244-person list of honorees is a who’s who of history. It crosses political parties, industries and epochs, all to be honored in the same space open ...