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“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Do they view man as inherently good, evil, or somewhere in between?

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Do they view man as inherently good, evil, or somewhere in between?

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I think a transcendentalist would argue that man is inherently neither; however transcendentalism is generally a more optimistic view of mankind because it posits that all people have inside them an inherent capacity for spiritual oneness with God.

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It could be argued that ideas about learning and growing intellectually and spiritually, education.

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Themselves they believe that a persons true feelings and intuition are more valuable than book knowledge.

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They believe that society is superficial and that society revolves around titles

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What are their views of work and worldly success?

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What are their views of work and worldly success?

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Transcendentalists value being in touch with nature, "knowing thy self', and always trying to better ones self whenever possible.

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Do they have an optimistic or pessimistic view on life ?

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Do they have an optimistic or pessimistic view on life ?

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Transcendentalists perceive society as superficial and that society revolves around the titles, stereotypes and the customs of the masses rather than focusing on the liberties and culture of an individual. They believe in the subjective truth

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They define truth as something that is in other words "inborn'' and that knowledge of truth was intuitive.

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They believe in Individualism and self-reliance. A persons trues feelings and intuition are better than following other

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They believe that everything is a reflection of god. Their over-soul, the soul of the universe.