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Henry David Thoreau from "Where I Lived and What I Lived For"

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1B) “He who sits still in a house all the time may be the greatest vagrant of all; but the saunterer, in the good tense, is no more a vagrant than the meandering river, which is all the while sedulously seeking the shortest course to the sea.” 

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1B) “He who sits still in a house all the time may be the greatest vagrant of all; but the saunterer, in the good tense, is no more a vagrant than the meandering river, which is all the while sedulously seeking the shortest course to the sea.” 

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Henry David Thoreau from “Walking”

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1C) “In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, -- no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair.”

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1C) “In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, -- no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair.”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson from “Nature”

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1D) “...as the eye is the best composer, so light is the first of painters.” 

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1D) “...as the eye is the best composer, so light is the first of painters.” 

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Ralph Waldo Emerson from “Beauty”

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1E) “Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.” 

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1E) “Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.” 

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Ralph Waldo Emerson from “Self Reliance”

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"You may contribute a verse."

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My verse will be that I am the man who was known as a true individualist... one who is highly respected but holds little respect for the establishment. I will be known as the person who fought for what he thought was right and took nothing less than change or being proved wrong. I aspire to be a sensitive, caring person; yet tough, and sensible in order to be a good listener as well as a good learner. In a sense, I aspire to care for my work, yet stand behind it and take criticism lightly, but still learn from them instead of becoming depressed. In this case, I wish to celebrate myself as opposed to comparing myself to people around me and seeing another person’s success as not threatening towards me. This way, I can focus more on helping myself versus beating myself up emotionally; be sensible and tough. This way, I can pave a progressive path forward in life and leave a lasting legacy when I pass with having lived a life of achievement, whatever those achievements may be.

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Soulless eyes wander across the barren field

Yes, the safe route. No surprises found

The horde amasses only to yield

A soaring structure from sky to ground

The dim light grows dimmer, hope has keeled

This pasture, one of confinement

This pasture, one of suffering

This pasture, in need of adjustment

This pasture, in need of defeating

“No more!” said one

“One more!” said none

A star was born - What a sight!

Climbing high, society to smite

Across new fields, green greener than any green

“My path”

“Your path”

Separate but equal

Here we stand

Now beginning our sequel.

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This picture is of a hillside somewhere just south of Los Angeles near a water park. There was a fire nearby which caused the color of the sky to turn darker and more reddish than typical afternoon sunset.

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This is a picture of a road during my road-trip through Virginia. The lake in combination with the morning sun allowed for a beautiful scene on the roadside.

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This is a picture of my vacation to San Francisco. At this point, I was on a ferry heading towards Alcatraz Island to check out the now haunting prison on the island.

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The tenets of transcendentalism express abstractions in order to reflect on primarily human existence/society, such as the rejection of tradition, social reform, or nature’s relationship to one’s existence. These tenets contribute to one of the primary goals of transcendentalism: to allow one to express and define themselves as an individual. In modern day life however, living out tenets of transcendentalism incorporates many challenges. These challenges can take the form of personal conflict, success in society, and the moral impact of the actions a transcendentalist can have.

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Transcendentalism teaches people to model themselves after nature in order to become self-reliant individuals who are able to contribute to society. The philosophy path does this by incorporating various tenets which act as mediums of thought, helping people to think for themselves and to become a better, stronger person.

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