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of the soil" (Thoreau 326). In one of most famous lines in his text, Thoreau writes that "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desp...

they do not understand. Rather, Kant persisted to probe related concepts, an endeavor that would prove extraordinary in the philos...

In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

In six pages Emerson's influence in terms of one's self authority is considered as it is reflected in the protagonist of Edna Pont...

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...

new found perception to inform his discussion of why he was in jail in the first place. Thoreau objected to the fact that slavery ...

off. This individual is constantly working to get more, perhaps a third vacation house in Caribbean. This is not really life, but ...

of submitting to such solitude seems to be particularly poignant in todays society, where we all live such hectic, fast-paced live...

In five pages this quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...

In seven pages this paper considers how theorists of the nineteenth century proposed to cope with industrialization problems and i...

In five pages this paper analyzes the life and literary contributions of Ralph Waldo Emerson and also considers the website that f...

In five pages this paper examines the life, works, education and Transcendental teaching of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Five sources are...

to get rid of material goods as they do not matter. He uses a simile when he says "Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage...

In five pages this paper examines individualism as it pertains to American society in a consideration of several authors perspecti...

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

In 5 pages this 1950 poem serves as a reflection on the American literary Renaissance characterized by Walt Whitman and Ralph Wald...

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

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

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

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...

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...

"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...

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...

personality was bolder and more action-oriented than Emersons. He was far more progressive and activist than Emerson on the anti-s...