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EMERSON 
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no REIN the race has so far lost and gained, 
in being transplanted from Europe to the 
New England soil and climate, is well illustrated 
by the writings of Emerson. There is greater re- 
finement and sublimation of thought, greater clear- 
ness and sharpness of outline, greater audacity of 
statement, but, on the other hand, there is a loss of 
bulk, of unction, of adipose tissue, and shall we say 
of power ? 
Emerson is undoubtedly a master on the New 
England scale, — such a master as the land and race 
are capable of producing. He stands out clear and 
undeniable. The national type, as illustrated by 
that section of the country, is the purest and strong- 
est in him of any yet. He can never suffer eclipse. 
Compared with the English or German master, he 
is undoubtedly deficient in viscera, in moral and in- 
tellectual stomach; but, on the other hand, he is of 
1 fibre and quality hard to match in any age or land. 
From first to last he strikes one as something ex- 
tremely pure and compact, like a nut or an egg. 
Great matters and tendencies lie folded in him, or 
