Essay : Compensation by R.W. Emerson “Why should I keep holiday, When other men have none? Why but because when these are gay, I sit and mourn alone. And why mirth unseals all tongues Should mine alone be dumb? Ah! Late I spoke to silent throngs, And now their our is come”. “Compensation” is a famous essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The Essay was first appeared in his book Essays and later on published in 1841. In 1844, Essays: Second Series was published and subsequent republishing of Essays were renamed Essays: First Series. The essay describes the spirit of laws of Karma or cause and effect in human action. He indicates that he discovered this principles himself although it has been known for millennia in India and its similar to Greek notions of justice and reaction. In this essay Ralph Waldo Emerson answered the questions related to the survivance of middle class people wi