... by the romantic philosophy of desire to be free of convention and tyranny and the emphasis of the rights and dignity of the individual. An example is the American Civil War, where the abolitionist fight for the rights of the slaves of the southern part of the United States. The central interest of the romantic movement is the concern with nature and the natural surroundings. This tradition is absorbed in the literary movement of transcendentalism ... the Afro-Americans who had to attend a separate classroom in the second floor. In the school, he hated the corporal punishment. Later in hi...

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... man more right then his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one already (Mahoney Smith)." ""Civil Disobedience" is pure transcendentalism. I t carries the philosophy of the "Founding Fathers" of this country to its logical conclusion, and thus it is sometimes referred as the "Declaration of Independence for the Concise (Concise 352)."" On February 4, 1846 while living at Walden Pond, Henry delivered a lecture on Thomas Carlyle at the Concord Lyceum; someone in his audience told him ... obscure Englishman. A year later, heeding that advice, he delivered a lecture on the "The History of ...

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