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Briefly explain how Transcendentalism connects to the idea of civil disobedience.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were two of the most influential Transcendental writers of that era. Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” and Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” both suggested social responsibility, intuition, and non-conformity to society. In Emerson’s “Self-Reliance,” social responsibility is important.
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