Ralph Waldo Emerson to Sarah Hathaway Forbes, October 26, 1859

    Source citation
    Ralph Waldo Emerson to Sarah Hathaway Forbes, October 26, 1859, in Ralph L. Rusk, ed., The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson (New York: Colombia University Press, 1939), 5: 176.
    Recipient (to)
    Forbes, Sarah Hathaway
    Type
    Letter
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Transcriber
    Transcription adapted from The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1939), edited by Ralph L. Rusk
    Adapted by Carolina Jimenez, Dickinson College
    Transcription date
    The following transcript has been adapted from The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1939).

    Concord
    26 October


    Dear Mrs. Forbes,
    We have been all a good deal uneasy about Mr. Sanborn’s absence, just at this time. But he conferred with no one here, so there was nothing to be said, and he was accustomed his school to short absences of himself, so that no one was surprised. Whatever was the occasion of his absences, I have a note this morning indicating that he is on his way home, and I supposed he will be here tonight.

    Our children are delighted with hearing from Anna Watson that Mary was coming to Concord; which they couple with another brilliant hope they have for the school from another side.

    The school was never in such good condition and hope as now: the new teacher, Miss Waterman, is a perfect success. So that we are very happy in your sympathy and good meanings toward it and Mr. Sanborn.

    For Captain Brown, he is a hero of romance, and seems to have made this fatal blunder only to bring out his virtues. I must hope for his escape to the last moment.

    With kindest regards,
    R. W. Emerson

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