Ralph Waldo Emerson’s son Waldo dies at the age of five of scarlet fever (The Days of Henry Thoreau, 136; The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 3:6-9). Emerson writes in his journal around this time:
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s son Waldo dies at the age of five of scarlet fever (The Days of Henry Thoreau, 136; The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 3:6-9). Emerson writes in his journal around this time: