▁Louisiana ▁Category : H ouses ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 0 ▁Category : Pl ant ation ▁houses ▁in ▁Louisiana ▁Category : National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places ▁in ▁Ter re bon ne ▁Par ish , ▁Louisiana ▁Category : 1 8 6 0 ▁establish ments ▁in ▁Louisiana <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁" Div inity ▁School ▁Address " ▁is ▁the ▁common ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁speech ▁Ralph ▁Wal do ▁Em erson ▁gave ▁to ▁the ▁gradu ating ▁class ▁of ▁Harvard ▁Div inity ▁School ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 8 3 8 . ▁ ▁Background ▁Em erson ▁presented ▁his ▁speech ▁to ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁gradu ating ▁div inity ▁students , ▁their ▁profess ors , ▁and ▁local ▁minister s ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 8 3 8 , ▁at ▁Div inity ▁Hall . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Em erson ' s ▁speech , ▁Harvard ▁was ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁academic ▁Un itar ian ▁thought . ▁In ▁this ▁address , ▁Em erson ▁made ▁comments ▁that ▁were ▁radical ▁for ▁their ▁time . ▁Em erson ▁proc laimed ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁ten ets ▁of ▁Trans c endent al ism ▁against ▁a ▁more ▁conventional ▁Un itar ian ▁the ology . ▁He ▁argued ▁that ▁moral ▁intu ition ▁is ▁a ▁better ▁guide ▁to ▁the ▁moral ▁sentiment ▁than ▁religious ▁doctrine , ▁and ▁ins isted ▁upon ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁true ▁moral ▁sentiment ▁in ▁each ▁individual , ▁while ▁disc ount ing ▁the ▁necessity ▁of ▁belief ▁in ▁the ▁historical ▁m ira cles ▁of ▁Jesus . ▁ ▁Em erson ' s ▁Div inity ▁School ▁address ▁was ▁influenced