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    The Apology
    The Apology
    The Apology
    Audiobook32 minutes

    The Apology

    Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook


    LibriVox volunteers bring you 28 different recordings of The Apology by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 2, 2007.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    The Apology
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was a prolific essayist, public philosopher, poet, and political commentator who became world famous in his lifetime and influenced authors as diverse as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Friedrich Nietzsche, W. E. B. DuBois, and others.

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