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"Our life is frittered away by detail.  An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases, he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest.  Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!"

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"No wealth can buy the requisite leisure, freedom, and independence which are the capital in this profession. It comes by the grace of god."

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"Standing on the bare ground, - my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, - all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God."

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"All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world; some men even to delight. This love of beauty is taste. Others have the same love in such excess, that, not content with admiring, they seek to embody it in new forms. The creation of beauty is Art."

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1e) Quote from Emerson's "Self Reliance"

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1e) Quote from Emerson's "Self Reliance"

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"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."

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2a) Reaction to Whitman's "O Me! O Life!"

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2a) Reaction to Whitman's "O Me! O Life!"

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Whitman's "O Me O Life" is a profound expression of the need for individuality in society. When one is conformed to society so much, he or she becomes hopeless, but by bracing one's individuality, one can contribute to themselves and society, living life to the fullest.

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2b) Reaction to Weir's Dead Poets' Society

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2b) Reaction to Weir's Dead Poets' Society

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Weir's Dead Poets' Society is a somber yet uplifting film that brought to light many important themes and life lessons including the importance of individuality, to think for oneself, to reject established societal expectations, and to look at life in many ways.

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My verse will be fostering cultural acceptance and preservation in this world.  There are many unique cultures in this world that offer amazing, beautiful things including music, art, architecture, and religion.  I will help others accept these cultures, which, in turn, will also allow for them to be preserved.

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Thousands of years of experimentation, creation, dissolution,

Created functional society and stability in the world,

From the river-valleys of Mesopotamia to the Absolute Monarchy of King Louis XIV,

From the Roman Empire to Qing China,

All individually unique and brilliant in their own light,

With cultural advances in music, architecture, art, religion, and sport,

Intellectual prowess in math, language, literature, science, and writing,

Economic prosperity with trade, manufacturing, and agriculture,

And political stability with monarchy, oligarchy, and empire,

But, although a wonder, also highly stratified and unbalanced.

A slow change, like an ocean’s breeze, swept over the world,

Uniting men, women, children,

Uniting all genders, sexualities, orientations,

Uniting the rich, middle class, poor,

Uniting politicians, laborers, teachers, police officers, firefighters, businesspeople,

Uniting all races, ethnicities, cultures, lingual groups,

Uniting Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, among many others

Uniting the world’s regions, countries, provinces, communities,

Uniting governments, societies, peoples, individuals

This changing wind of the world still unites, and encourages differences,

To continue a worldly change fostering the equality of all elements within.

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5) Transcendentalism in Modern Architecture

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5) Transcendentalism in Modern Architecture

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater in Bear Run, PA is integrated with its natural surroundings, built atop a waterfall.  Wright's philosophy of Organic Architecture preaches harmony between architecture and the environment around it.

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In my life, even amid stressful times, sometimes it is healthy and beneficial for me stop and drop what I am doing for a while, and fully revel in life, experiencing what life has to offer. #stopdropandrevel

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Travelling is a key way in which I connect with the world and my surroundings.  With travel people truly get to know their identities and their place in this world.

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Boy Scouts gets me very close to nature and creates a life of simplicity while surrounded by the wilderness.

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Music allows me to express my emotion and to release from this world, allowing me to be in my own world disconnected from the society and stress of this one.

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8) Challenges to Living a Transcendental Life

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8) Challenges to Living a Transcendental Life

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The challenges are byproducts of human society, created without environmental influence, whether they be urbanization or technology.

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Linked is an essay that delves into the ideology and use  of Transcendentalism.

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The link for the explanations of ithe ideas an thoughts expressed in this Transcendental Padlet!

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