Compensation is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It appeared in his book Essays, first published 1841. In 1844, Essays: Second Series was published, and subsequent republishings of Essays were renamed Essays: First Series.
"Concord Hymn" (1836) · "Uriel" (1846) · "The Rhodora" (1847) · "Brahma" (1856)
Nature (1836) · The American Scholar (1837) · Self-Reliance (1841) · Compensation (1841) · Over-soul (1841) · Circles (1841) · The Poet (1844) · Experience (1844) · Politics (1844) · New England Reformers (1844)
Essays: First Series (1841) · Essays: Second Series (1844) · Representative Men (1850) · The Conduct of Life (1860)