Author
George Ripley is documented in Fuller’s letters and manuscripts (1835–1840). 2 distinct works are named, most often in Letter to Frederic H. Hedge, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
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 →
“Two fine papers upon Herder in the Xn Examiner by the Revd G Ripley … I am displeased by Mr. Ripley's timidity - why so afraid of being made responsible for some of Herder's opinions?”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“Two fine papers upon Herder in the Xn Examiner by the Revd G Ripley … I am displeased by Mr. Ripley's timidity - why so afraid of being made responsible for some of Herder's opinions?”
Fuller, Margaret. "Notes on Books, Children, and Faith." Houghton Library, Harvard University.
“Mr Ripley would have written you a better, but he is too busy fighting the battles of Spinoza and other infidels.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. II. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984.
Inferred Fuller references Ripley's defense of Spinoza in his pamphlet controversy with Andrews Norton, employing a light tone ("fighting the battles of Spinoza and other infidels") that suggests her familiarity with the dispute; as Hudspeth identified.