Discourses in AmericaFront matterReading editionChapter navigation6 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACE.NUMBERS; OR, THE MAJORITY AND THE REMNANT.LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.EMERSON.[Footnotes]Beginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFACE.All chapters and sections (6)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACE.NUMBERS; OR, THE MAJORITY AND THE REMNANT.LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.EMERSON.[Footnotes]London MACMILLAN AND CO. 1885◇Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.◇PREFACE. →