One of the most famous American essays of the 19th Century is about authenticity. Self-Reliance, by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S

One of the most famous American essays of the 19th Century is about authenticity. Self-Reliance, by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Reliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Reliance