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...