In this essay, Ralph Waldo Emerson explores the way in which the moral sentiment manifests itself in the collective and the individual. Through his elaboration of the argument, he is also able to comment on the current state of religion and nationhood.
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AUTHOR(S) OF - Character [from the North American Review for April]
