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People had often said to Thoreau that he must have felt lonely, spending two years along in a cabin in the woods. He states that he wishes he could reply with mentioning how the earth is alone in space. That it is millions of miles away from everything else around it. Why should he feel lonely if this is truth? What difference is the space between two people when considering how close they are in the grand scale of the universe. A point is made in mentioning that no matter how many steps closer you take to a person, there is no amount of walking that can bring "two minds closer together".

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The point that Thoreau is trying to make is that people would much rather watch than actually be involved in a matter, and would leave the work to anyone else. Everyone will want to see and know about something that's going on, but it doesn't concern them so they won't help. "If I should only give a few pulls at the parish bell-rope, as for a fire, that is, without setting the bell, there is hardly a man on his farm in the outskirts of Concord,notwithstanding that press of engagements which was his excuse so many times this morning, nor a boy, nor a woman, I might almost say, but would forsake all and follow that sound, not mainly to save property from the flames, but, if we will confess the truth, much more to see it burn, since burn it must, and we, be it known, did not set it on fire,—or to see it put out, and have a hand in it, if that is done as handsomely; yes, even if it were the parish church itself." (Thoreau 62-71)

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"We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and its decaying trees, the thunder-cloud, and the rain which lasts three weeks and produces freshets. We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander." (Thoreau 177-182)

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"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or
three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half
a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail. In the midst of
this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and
quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a man
has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make
his port at all, by dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator
indeed who succeeds. Simplify, simplify. Instead of three meals a day,
if it be necessary eat but one; instead of a hundred dishes, five; and
reduce other things in proportion. . . ." (Thoreau 47-56)

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This song talks all about Louis Armstrong's love of nature. Or his love for the world in general when he says "what a wonderful world". One of the meanings to transcendentalism is the appreciation of nature. The song also relates to Thoreau's story "Walden" where he also talks about his love for nature. "We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and its decaying trees, the thunder-cloud, and the rain which lasts three weeks and produces freshets.", (Thoreau 212) They're both saying people's life's are so busy we don't appreciate the world around us.

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by Charlize

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Transcendentalism and Romanticism are closely related, however they do have their differences. Transcendentalism believes in God, however Romanticism rejects the religious structure altogether. Transcendentalists believe that you may only grow wisdom and spirituality through learning. Romanticism stresses how important emotions and freedom rather than education. Transcendentalists are inspired from rely on spiritualism to get perspective on life. While Romanticism focuses more on the individual and the power within.

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by Charlize

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The market revolution quickly redefined how most people lived their lives and did business. People no longer were just providing for themselves, they found ways to provide for others. The Market Revolution began to move people away from farming and push them into factories, working by the clock. New communication and transportation developments made it easier and more efficient to do business. Most of the world prospered from this new revolution, however there were many people which felt this was taking away from personal freedom. Transcendentalists were trying to change how rights were being violated with this new industrial revolution.

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Henry David Thoreau

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"I see skies of blue, clouds of white
Bright blessed days, dark sacred nights
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world"

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"What a Wonderful World" was written in 1968 during the time of the Vietnam War. Performed in the genre of jazz, it was written and composed to try and bring hope to the millions of victims suffering the effects of the war like the loss of the many loved fathers, sons and husbands and the "half cast" children who were sent away from their Vietnamese mothers to a foreign land with foreign people.

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Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World

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What a Wonderful World Lyrics: I see trees of green, red roses too / I see them bloom for me and you / And I think to myself / What a wonderful world / I see skies of blue and clouds of white / The bright