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"Representative Men" - by Ralph Waldo Emerson (No copyright noted) Published (1896) by Henry Altemus Manufacturers, Philadelphia.
Handwritten inscription on header page 'Christmas 1896'
Great men of the World, with engraved photo illustration except Plato. Plato, the Philosopher
Emanuel Swedenborg, the Mystic
Michel Montaigne, the Skeptic
William Shakespeare, the Poet
Napoleon Bonaparte, the Man of the World
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, the Writer
Hardbound book, 294 pages
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