Ralph Waldo Emerson 
Gifts [PDF ebook] 
An Essay

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I do not think this general insolvency, which involves in some sort all the popala tion, to be the reason of the difficulty experienced at Christmas and New Year, and other times, in bestow ing gifts; since it is always so pleasant to be generous.