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Match the tenet of Transcendentalism (numbered) to the quote (lettered) that
best exemplifies it. Your code is formed by the letters, in order, lowercase.
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1. Non-conformity
2. Nature
3. Simplicity
Spirituality
5. Self-reliance -
4.
6. Civil disobedience
7. Intuition
8. Solitude
a. "Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place
for a just man is also a prison." -Thoreau
b. "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he
can afford to let alone." -Thoreau
c. "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string." -Emerson
d. "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people
think." -Emerson
e. "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." -Thoreau
"I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
f.
To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and
dissipating. I love to be alone." -Thoreau
g. "In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of
the horizon, man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own
nature." -Emerson
h. "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." -Emerson

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Final answer:

This question is about matching quotes to the tenets of Transcendentalism.


Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of this question is English.

The quote 'Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.' best exemplifies the tenet of Civil disobedience.

The quote 'A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.' best exemplifies the tenet of Simplicity.

The quote 'Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.' best exemplifies the tenet of Intuition.


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