Author
Martin Luther is documented in Fuller’s books and published essays (1845–1846). 2 distinct works are named, most often in Miss Barrett’s Poems., and the most intensive engagement recorded is “mentioned”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
Books Emerson sent or offered, his secondhand reports, and his own references — never counted in Fuller’s totals.
Emerson quotes from memory · Myerson, letter of 29 August 1847 (page locator provisional)
Emerson's own context; not evidence of Fuller's reading.
“Never, never shall we forget one night when Braham was giving forth the sublime remains of his great voice, such tones as none of us will hear again, in Luther’s Judgment Hymn”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“The trumpet call of Luther's Judgment Hymn sounds from the depths of a nature capable of all human emotions, or it could not make the human ear vibrate as it does.”
Also reprinted in Papers on Literature and Art. Counted once, at its first appearance.
Fuller, Margaret. "Miss Barrett’s Poems." New-York Daily Tribune, 4 January 1845. · 4 January 1845
“From Luther downward, each sect claiming to be Protestant, has claimed no less to utter its anathema against those who differed from it”
Fuller, Margaret. "The Excellence of Goodness. A Sermon . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 26 February 1845. · 26 February 1845
“Never, never shall we forget one night when Braham was giving forth the sublime remains of his great voice, such tones as none of us will hear again, in Luther’s Judgment Hymn”
Fuller, Margaret. "The Grand Festival Concert at Castle Garden." New-York Daily Tribune, 22 May 1846. · 22 May 1846
“The trumpet call of Luther's ' Judgment Hymn" sounds from the depths of a nature capable of all human emotions, or it could not make the human ear vibrate as it does.”
Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. · p201
Also printed in Art, Literature, and the Drama (1869), p201; page given is to the 1869 reprint.
Undated
Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.
“that the Christian religion was propagated, neither its reform by Luther The opportunity that the Martyrs found here in the Colosseum”
Fuller, Margaret. "Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . XIV." New-York Daily Tribune, .