LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Question
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Emerson
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Thoreau
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -"The sentiment they instill is of more value than any thought they may contain. “ Emerson is stating that, Sentiment=emotion, the passions of original personal convection are more valuable than thoughts themselves.
Detailed explanation-2: -“ To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all men-that is genius”(pg. 234). Emerson is saying that it is true genius to have your own thoughts, to not be a follower.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
Detailed explanation-4: -Emerson believes that every individual has a moment in their life when they recognize that envy is poisonous, a lack of originality is destructive, and that it is important to accept oneself. He argues that each person has to do their own work to discover themselves and the goodness that is in the world.