Comments on: Emerson Praises Boston http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/08/03/emerson-praises-boston/ the agony and ecstasy of a reading life Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: TSS: Links to sites and posts that piqued my interest this past week « an unfinished person (in this unfinished universe) http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/08/03/emerson-praises-boston/#comment-50851 Mon, 17 May 2010 04:18:45 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1785#comment-50851 [...] Books has been sharing her thoughts on essays from Ralph Waldo Emerson on her blog, So Many Books. Here is a post from last Sunday as this Sunday she took a break to watch the [...]

]]> By: TSS: Links to sites and posts that piqued my interest this past week « Just A (Reading) Fool http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/08/03/emerson-praises-boston/#comment-41389 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:36:17 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1785#comment-41389 [...] Books has been sharing her thoughts on essays from Ralph Waldo Emerson on her blog, So Many Books. Here is a post from last Sunday as this Sunday she took a break to watch the [...]

]]> By: Stefanie http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/08/03/emerson-praises-boston/#comment-41314 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:51:08 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1785#comment-41314 Bill, Good to know Emerson can still be found in Boston!

Dorothy, I loved the Florentine quote too. The idea of climate influencing thought is a bit worrisome and you are right that it can be used to dismiss people. Emerson doesn’t do it in this essay but he has mentioned in past essays about climate and thought and pretty much said that’s why there are no brilliant thinkers from the tropics.

Daphne, I suspected you might have. There is a large contingent of people in MN who are of Finnish heritage and taking saunas especially during the winter where you can dive into a snowbank afterwards is much talked about.

Mella, good to know as I have wondered about maybe moving to Boston someday. Something to think twice about now

]]> By: Mella DP http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/08/03/emerson-praises-boston/#comment-41308 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:32:39 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1785#comment-41308 Stefanie, that’s exactly how I’d describe it in a sentence. That is, it’s a good place to visit if you’re not driving. The streets are definitely crazy and a lot of them don’t have any signs – presumably because the locals already know where they’re going. Fortunately, it’s also physically small (around 1/2 million in population) and very walkable.

]]> By: Daphne http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/08/03/emerson-praises-boston/#comment-41307 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:59:24 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1785#comment-41307 I did take lots of saunas! Nearly every night. Actually, I loved the weather (when I wasn’t trying to bike in it). It was pretty magical sometimes.

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