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Historical Moments

• Ralph Waldo Emerson's publication of the essay, Nature -- 1838
• Publication of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin -- 1859
• Formation of the Metaphysical Club, an informal discussion group of scholarly friends associated with Harvard University, that contributed to the development of Pragmatism -- 1871
• Founding of the social settlement Hull-House on Chicago's Near West Side by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr -- 1889.
• Publication of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, by Max Weber -- 1904/05
• Publication of ''Coming of Age in Samoa, by Margaret Mead -- 1928.
• Indian Independence Movement -- 1857-1947 (Also listed in Select Catalog/Government/Historical Moments)
• Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech -- 1963 (Also listed in Select Catalog/Government/Historical Moments)
• Publication of Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, by Buckminster Fuller -- 1963
• Publication of Whole Earth Catalog -- 1968

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