The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VI, The Conduct of Life

Historical Introduction by Barbara L. Packer

Notes by Joseph Slater Text Established and Textual Introduction and Apparatus by Douglas Emory Wilson

    Note on Numbering

    Abbreviations

    Historical Introduction

    Statement of Editorial Principles

    Textual Introduction

    1. Fate

    2. Power

    3. Wealth

    4 Culture

    5. Behavior

    6. Worship

    7. Considerations by the Way

    8. Beauty

    9. Illusions

    Notes

    Textual Apparatus

    Annex A: The Manuscripts

    Appendix: Alterations in the Manuscripts

    Annex B: Emerson's Corrections and Emendations

    Annex C: Parallel Passages

    Index

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Barbara Packer is Professor of English, UCLA.

The late professor Joseph Slater was general editor of The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson until 1996.

Douglas Emory Wilson, the former General Editor, was Textual Editor of the Collected Works at the time of his death in 2005.