The piece of literature that I picked to do my essay on was "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson wrote alot of his works about transcendentalism and how we should acknowledge God in our ... . "And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort and advancing on Chaos and the Dark." In Conclusion, I believe that Emersons works focus mostly on the beliefs of transcendentalism. The belief that ...

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