waldo

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Ralph Waldo Emerson declared that Brown would “make the gallows as glorious as the cross.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s standards of literary criticism, like his philosophy, are focused on realism, felt experience and humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“Now, I completely know what it means. Waldo, this protagonist, her voice — I was waking up in the middle of the night thinking of this character.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

While the phrase originates from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Concord Hymn” and refers specifically to the Battle of Concord, the first shots of the Revolutionary War were actually fired earlier that day in Lexington.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2025

“I want you to show me right now where in the dress code it says anything about armbands,” she tells Principal Trask, slapping the Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High Handbook hard on the desk.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée