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Prophet Of The Soul

Raymond Carr RALPH WALDO EMERSON by Robert D. Richardson University of California Press, distributed by John Wiley, West Sussex, £27, pp. 680 W hy should we bother ourselves......

The War Photographer As Hero

Michael Hulse HIGHWAYS TO A WAR by Christopher J. Koch Heinemann, £14.99, pp. 451 0 f all the Vietnam war photographers, Tim Page seemed the most in love with killing and......

Supplication At 5 A.m.

Lie quiet, uneasy one, and say your prayers. Renounce these words, the spawn of vanity which come each day to haul you from your rest. Forebear to violate the tender morning......