# Martin Luther — Representative Men character guide

> Martin Luther in Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Luther, the good Luther

**First appearance:** 0003-iii-swedenborg-or-the-mystic

## Who they are

German theologian and reformer, cited as a figure of moral and religious force.

## In the story

### [VII: Goethe; or, the Writer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/representative_men_se/chapters/vii-goethe-or-the-writer)

Quoted for his remark about being able to pray and preach well when angry, illustrating the writer's use of passion.

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