Abstract
THIS essay is concerned with influence of Emerson's views on extension of elective system at Harvard during administration (1869-190o9) of President Charles William Eliot, commanding figure in American higher education during nineteenth century. The relationship between Emerson and Eliot has not previously been studied in detail, nor have students of American literature been fully aware of Emerson's importance in history of American education. Eliot was in some respects a good Emersonian. He called Emerson the greatest of American thinkers' and was said to have known Emerson's essays almost as well as he knew Bible.2 It therefore seems important to inquire whether basic faith which prompted extension of elective system at Harvard during twoscore years of Eliot's presidency may have stemmed partly from his familiarity with Emerson's views on education.
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