waldo

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Susan B. Anthony, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman were among those who professed their belief in the revelatory power of skulls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 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

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

Police officers were directed to the back of a residence in the 5300 hundred block of Waldo Place, where one of the suspects was seen running.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

“Like Ralph Waldo Emerson? Ms. Jacobs says he was really into observing, so that’s what I’ve been doing. Observing. Like I’m an eyeball. And writing what I observe in my eyeball journal.”

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