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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 answer explains the tenets of Transcendentalism and matches the quotes that best exemplify each tenet.


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Transcendentalism and its Tenets

  1. Non-conformity - d. "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think." -Emerson
  2. Nature - g. "In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of the horizon, man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature." -Emerson
  3. Simplicity - b. "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone." -Thoreau
  4. Spirituality - h. "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." -Emerson
  5. Self-reliance - c. "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string." -Emerson
  6. Civil disobedience - a. "Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison." -Thoreau
  7. Intuition - N/A
  8. Solitude - f. "To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone." -Thoreau
The quotes provided exemplify the different tenets of Transcendentalism. Non-conformity is represented by the quote (d), Nature by (g), Simplicity by (b), Spirituality by (h), Self-reliance by (c), and Civil disobedience by (a). Intuition does not have a corresponding quote provided. Solitude is represented by quote (f), where Thoreau finds comfort and peace in being alone.

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