New England Reformers Explained

The "New England Reformers" was a lecture by Ralph Waldo Emerson read before "The Society" in Amory Hall, on Sunday, March 3, 1844. "The Society" has been identified as the American Anti-Slavery Society, led by William Lloyd Garrison.

In this lecture Emerson commented that men "are conservatives after dinner...".^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Web site: Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essays: Second Series (1844). 26 January 2010.
2. Web site: Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy at Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 4, 1960. 26 January 2010.