." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson The Proverbial Mirror Since the dawn of time humans have judged and condemned others. ... No, judgment is human nature. ... Even today, years after the abolishment of slavery, the writing of the Constitution, and the world-moving speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., we still find ourselves pointing fingers at others out of fear and a misunderstanding of why they are so "different" in their beliefs and ideals. ...

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It is so consistent that sometimes it feels like nature is the one thing you can count on. Emerson is saying that people don't stop from their busy lives to notice things in nature, and that they take it for granted. ... Muir is pointing out that nature is not focused on serving man or fulfilling our every desire. Nature wants the happiness of every creature and plant and for every thing to be in balance. ... The five suns is one cultures belief about how the world works and how man came in to being and all the obstacles that faced the first men. ...

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The myopic nature of this troubling view was lamented in one of the most famous speeches ever given, "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."... Where Roger Williams was willing to reject the narrow strictures of his religious community to found one that reflected his view that all beliefs should be respected and tolerated, Sarah Knight's journals show a woman who was not bound by ideas that placed women in a specific mold in the 17th Century. ... Thoreau and Emerson...

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