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'''Ralph Waldo Emerson''' (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and [[Poetry|poet]] who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.
'''Ralph Waldo Emerson''' (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and [[Poetry|poet]] who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.


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* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Is the victim of this trope. Is wrongly attributed the phrase "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door". His actual quote on the original topic was quite different:
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{{quote|''If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.''}}

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.

He was the mentor of Henry David Thoreau.


Ralph Waldo Emerson provides examples of the following tropes:


  • Beam Me Up, Scotty: Is the victim of this trope. Is wrongly attributed the phrase "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door". His actual quote on the original topic was quite different:

If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.

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