Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all accounts of him in literary or cultural history.
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- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: April 16, 1892
- Died: May 11, 1980
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The shadows of leaves fall upon their arms, as they spread the branches apart, but their shoulders are in the sun. The skin of their arms is like a blue mist, but their shoulders are white and glowing, as if the light fell not from above, but rose from under their skin. We watch the leaf which has fallen upon their shoulder and it lies at the curve of their neck, and a drop of dew glistens upon it like a jewel.
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