For 10 points, name this speech delivered to Harvard's graduating religious scholars by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
This work compares the influence of orators, poets, and commanders to that of attractive women in that it affects us only to the degree that we allow it to do so. Â This work proclaims that "Character is always known" to discuss how good and evil have an affinity for themselves, beginning with the selection of friends and ending with the sorting of souls into heaven and hell. Â It claims that (*) Christianity has given us two good things, the Sabbath and the idea of preaching, but criticizes its focus on Jesus and its notion of revelation having happened long ago, not continually in the existence of God in mankind around us. Â Arguing that one sentiment unites all souls and all religions, it got its author accused of atheism. Â For 10 points, name this speech delivered to Harvard's graduating religious scholars by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
This work compares the influence of orators, poets, and commanders to that of attractive women in that it affects us only to the degree that we allow it to do so.
Divinity School Address