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Similarities Between Henry David Thoreau And Emerson

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Transcendentalists are people who specify on the importance of individuals and they glorify nature. They are worthy of respect and believe in truth through the ability to understand something immediately. In this argument I’ll be focussing on two of the major authors of this time period. The two authors that I’ll be focusing on are Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Both of these authors discussed relationships with nature and all had a unique view on political things. Henry David Thoreau did not like a big government and he strongly believed with the idea of fighting for what he believed in. You can see this in his writing “Resistance to Civil Government” also you can see many more of his opinions/ ideas. He thought that the government
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