1. The Limits of Transcendentalism
Ralph Waldo Emerson, champion of the Transcendentalist movement, laid the groundwork for the movement in his eloquent essay entitled, "Self-Reliance." ... Henry David Thoreau, the intellectual heir to Emerson's transcendental throne, carries on in this vein in his essay, "Civil Disobedience." ... The essays of both men remain immensely popular and affecting even to this day. ... Inherent in this attitude lies the idea that the individual has definite control of him/herself at all times, without regard to pressures and influences from differing elements in society, for example, friends, f...
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