The illusion that both are separate is a misconception that Walt Whitman seeks to rectify through the sixth poem by stating that "all goes onward and outward, nothing collapses" (Line 37). ... And as the seasons change, and the trees lose the leaves that signify their vitality, nature enters a new stage in its continuous circle of life. ... The casual dress of the artist contrasts with the formal attire of the elite man, providing the two halves or opposites that are omnipresent throughout life. ... Whitman's mention of the "Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, [and] Cuff,"...

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It originated among a small group of intellectuals who were reacting against the orthodoxy of Calvinism and the rationalism of the Unitarian Church, developing instead their own faith centering on the divinity of man and nature. ... Nature's purpose was clear to Emerson: "All the parts incessantly work into each other's hands for the profit of man" and "the endless circulation of divine charity nourish man." ... Nature gives the alert man fresh images and metaphors for language, providing the man with discipline to devote himself to its study ultimate power: "one after another, his v...

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"The world is enigmatical, every thing said and every thing known and done, and must not be taken literally, but genially. We must be at the top of our condition to understand any thing rightly." - Ralph Waldo Emerson A Condensation of Its Context Toward the end of his notebook, "Naturalist," Ralp...

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