Ralph Waldo Emerson The Young American 1844 Main

Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Young American (1844) Main points: · Commerce is the most significant political issue for Americans because its revolutionary new developments combine us together as Americans. 1. “There is no American citizen who has not been stimulated to reflection by the facilities now in progress of construction for travel and the transportation of goods in the United States. ” 2. The railroad creates American sentiment and connects people with resources. It also unifies people together as a country. · “America is the country of the future. ” 1. … “It is a country of beginnings, or projects, or designs, and expectations. It has no past: all has an onward and prospective look. ” 2. … “For remote generations. We should be mortified to learn that the little benefit we change in our own persons to receive was the utmost they would yield. ”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Young American (1844) Main points: · History of commerce provides a record of the development of America and the tremendous benefits trade has brought. 1. “It is a new agent in the world and one of great functions; it is a very intellectual force. ” 2. “Trade is an instrument in the hands of the friendly Power which works for us in our own despite. ”