Excerpt from The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872: Supplementary Letters
These newly found letters have been inserted in their proper places in an enlarged edition of the Correspondence, but are here printed together for the benefit of owners of the early edition. The dates of the letters Show their places in the Correspondence.
Emerson's letter of 1 May, 1859, of which only fragments were printed in the early edition, is now printed complete; and the extract from his Diary accompanying it appears in the form in which it seems to have been sent to Carlyle.
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Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era. He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.
Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was expected by his parents to become a preacher, but while at the University of Edinburgh, he lost his Christian faith. Calvinist values, however, remained with him throughout his life. This combination of a religious temperament with loss of faith in traditional Christianity made Carlyle's work appealing to many Victorians who were grappling with scientific and political changes that threatened the traditional social order.
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