biggest difference is the biggest supreme being to them‚ and yes‚ it’s God. Puritans believe that they are doing God’s work and must forever serve him or else they face punishment from others. While Deists and Transcendentalists believe in more of a nature spirit. The latter two‚ however‚ do not nearly compare with the strictness in religion as the Puritans‚ thus creating the change through time. Throughout the major literary philosophies in the United States‚ one can see how the enforcement
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the 19th century. The Romantic literature of the nineteenth century holds in its topics the ideals of the time period‚ concentrating on emotion‚ nature‚ and the expression of "nothing." The Romantic era was one that focused on the commonality of humankind and‚ while using emotion and nature; the poets and their works shed light on people’s universal natures. Romanticism as a movement declined in the late 19th century and early 20th century with the growing dominance of Realism in the literature and
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enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference. – Oscar Wilde 3. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. – Robert Louis Stevenson 4. The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere. - Ralph Waldo Emerson 5. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein 6. The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill 7. The greatest weapon against stress
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evils of society. A literal interpretation of Emerson ’s philosophy gave birth to Casy ’s new doctrine of Love. As he evolves from a preacher of the old to a practitioner of the new‚ some believe that Jim Casy demonstrates remarkable similarities to Jesus Christ. These similarities are impressed upon not only Tom Joad‚ but also an entire group of oppressed workers that had little hope of a better life. Ninety-three years before Jim Casy‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson left the church because of his unorthodox
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The Ashley House Restaurant on Riverdale Road in West Springfield‚ MA. is a mix and match of old and new architectural design having had various owners from 1829 through the 1900s. When Charles Ashley constructed it in 1829 it was done in the Greek Revival style. Ashley family members lived there until the 1920s. Afterwards the house became a tavern and pub and a restaurant twice. Each time its form changing. TheAshley House has 2 stories the first having the dining and drinking areas and the second
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Success What is success? Is it the process of doing a task and receiving a positive result acceptable amongst the community‚ or is it simply achieving ones own personal goals? Success to me can mean many things. Although I am successful in school‚ that does not necessarily mean I will lead a successful life. According to The American Heritage Dictionary success is‚ "the achievement of something desired‚ planned‚ or attempted." Even over the course of history‚ the meaning of the word has
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poetic philosophy was Romanticism. Romantics believed that good poetry found new and ingenious methods of describing universal and accepted truths‚ and that these truths could be realized or understood through the close observations and reporting of nature. Romantics felt that poetry should be enjoyable‚ and at the same time provide moral instruction. (Lacour‚ 1081) Although‚ Romanticism was not as powerful of a force in America as it was in England it still played a major role in much of the writings
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Henry David Thoreau was an American writer inspired by the transcendentalist foundations of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Followers of the philosophy valued nature and believed that individualism was the key to attaining enlightenment. Thoreau was heavily influenced by Emerson’s concepts. He believed the best way to recreate Emerson’s vision was to seclude himself in the woods. His work‚ Walden‚ tells of his experiences living on his own and was geared towards intellectuals like himself. In “Conclusion‚”
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Whitman in 1855 What was Walt doing at this time? Late in 1854‚ Whitman was working in carpentry. He is assumed to have started his writings for what would later be known‚ and published as Leaves of Grass in late 1854 or early 1855. One of his brothers once commented that Walt would get an idea while working‚ write it down‚ then take the rest of the day off. How did Walt get his book published? Allen contends that Walt probably sought out a commercial publisher to take his book at first‚ though
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The story of Stuff. “Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson. The story of stuff is basically about the causes and effects of production‚ distribution and disposal on people and the world as a whole. Annie Leonard‚ an environmental activist clearly states ways companies in the United States misuse our natural resources through deforestation and so many other ways to feed their selfish needs. In the
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