Transcendentalism - Characteristics - Appreciation for the beauty of nature - Belief that people are inherently “good” - Individualism - Justifies the use of intuition when reasoning - Criticizes war and government - Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803-April 27, 1882) - (1841) Self-Reliance - Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817-May 6, 1862) - (1840-1844) Away! Away! Away! Away! - Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819-March 26, 1892) - (1868) A Noiseless Patient Spider (jan 1, 1836 – jan 1, 1860)
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jan 1, 1836
jan 1, 1860
~ 24 years