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some sense, by our lack of perspective. Most of us live in a democracy like fish who live only in water and are therefore blinded ...

so the development of the three branches of government and the distribution of power reduces the chances of too much control falli...

majority" (Publius). That is, the largest faction will be able to impose its will on others, whether they are in agreement or not...

that country is assuredly America" (de Tocqueville). de Tocqueville discusses universal suffrage, which he says "had been adopted...

thinkers in American history, including Andrew Jackson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luth...

get to the end at the same time as others of their age is a prospect that is near sighted to say the least. One questionable pro...

idea genius and write on it. It is but one idea, one small part of their lives, and thus demonstrates that genius is so limited in...

what makes history. He states, in the beginning, "Of the works of this mind history is the record...Man is explicable by nothing l...

quality in themselves. Then he drops his bombshell. He says that a mans character "is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms nev...

complexities that can be lived without. This sort of perspective is further seen in a statement in his work wherein he sta...

that, with self-reliance. Within the context of this piece, Emerson makes a profound realization. There is no past or futu...

the individual. For one to realize his best self he had to first discover himself and to learn to trust himself. He believed in ...

needed to really listen in order to find it and thus live by it. Edwards was a man of God, and a man who altered the way in whi...

to be called "transcendentalism" (5). The individuals who wrote about this faculty referred to it by different names -- e.g., "sp...

drug addict living a life very similar to Sonnys. : "Thats right, he said quickly, aint nothing you can do. Cant much help old Son...

"behold the beauty of another character....with...vivacity....behold in another the expression of a love so high that it assures i...

bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till." Furthermore, he writes "Trust thyself . . . accept the place the d...

In thirteen pages this paper discusses the romantic aspects of science and poetry in a consideration of the works by poets includi...

on other writers who were to follow them. However, just as Emerson did not express his philosophy in the same way as Thoreau, foll...

occupation or condition, unworthy of being saluted in his poetry. Although he was relatively successful in terms of worldly succe...

This paper discusses why Ralph Waldo Emerson should be read by high school students in six pages. Four sources are cited in the b...

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophies of Thomas Paine and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Three sources are cited...

gave the commencement speech at his daughters graduation from Radcliffe, he concisely summed up the essence of what he found to be...

as being mostly unforgiving of mans shortcomings, inasmuch as he implies that humanity has turned into a selfish, egotistical and ...

Transcendentalism was a means by which individuals could concentrate on the divinity of man and of nature. The movement was not o...

concept of viewing Nature as if for the first time, as a child does, is also emphasized, because Emerson believes that the end of ...

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

In five pages this paper argues that the fictional female character Hester Prynne was 'more of a man' than were either her creator...

In six pages this paper discusses how the self reliance philosophy was conceptualized in a contrast and comparison of the perspect...