{"date":"May 25","id":"05-25","intro":["Emerson startled the world by fearlessly declaring his beliefs. Such apparent paradoxes as we find in his inspirational essay, “Heroism,” makes him the most stimulating yet profound thinker America has produced."],"minutes":22,"readings":[{"author":"Ralph Waldo Emerson","end":131,"start":121,"volume":5,"work":"Heroism"}],"slug":"may-25","status":"proofread","title":"Do What You Fear","url":"/harvard-classics/may-25/","words":4312}