Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Staff from the Old Manse, in Concord, MA read passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay, Nature, which he wrote while living at the Old Manse in 1836.
About the Old Manse
A handsome Georgian clapboard building, The Old Manse sits near the banks of the Concord River among rolling fields edged by centuries-old stone walls and graced by an orchard. From upstairs, you can look out over the North Bridge, where the famous battle of April 19, 1775, took place. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne both called the Manse home for a time - and each found inspiration here. Emerson would draft his famous essay “Nature” from an upstairs room, and Hawthorne would write a tribute to the homestead called Mosses from an Old Manse. Hawthorne and his wife, Sophia, started their married life here, and you can still see the poems they wrote to each other, etched on the Manse’s window panes. The heirloom vegetable garden, which has been recreated today, was originally planted by Henry David Thoreau in honor of the Hawthornes’ wedding.
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Featured readers from the Old Manse staff: Marybeth Kelly, Matthew Ahearn, Richard Dorbin, Amanda Horrocks, Amelia Sawyer, Victor Curran, Michelle Purrington, Shelley Hawks.
About The Trustees
The Trustees of Reservations are 125,000 people like you. We love the outdoors. We love the distinctive charms of Massachusetts and all of New England. And we believe in celebrating and protecting them, for everyone, forever.
We enjoy and care for more than 100 special places all around Massachusetts. And we are actively building an extended family of friends and neighbors across the state that can help in their different ways.
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