Ralph Waldo Emerson
An American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
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This quote really embodies Emerson's essay "nature" because he talks about solitude and retiring from your chamber to be in the wood with nature. Which are both things that he speaks of throughout the entirety of the essay. He is saying that if you wish to find solitude in the woods than you must break away not only from your home but also from society. If you do not breakaway from society as well than you mind will be clouded with the worries and troublesome's that society brings. If your mind is clouded than you can not fully emerge into the place that is "nature".
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In this quote Emerson is sending a very similar message as the other quote does but this one is talking about when we speak of nature instead of when we are in nature. He is saying, when we speak of nature it gives us a poetical peace in our minds. He also speaks of the impressions the people and other natural objects can put in our minds, once again he is talking about the "clouds in our heads". He finishes this segment by saying, that it is those impressions that help us to distinguish the things in life that are real and the things that are fake.
Theme: being one with nature
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This quote relates to the theme of the essay, nature, because it is talking about how we can be one with the stars. It is also talking about how the stars are always there, sometimes not visible, but always inaccessible. He then further talks about the theme by saying that all natural objects make the same impressions on our mind.
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This quote is very similar to the theme of the essay "nature" in many ways, some of which are that for one he is talking about nature, secondly he refers to nature as a her which if that is not being one with nature than I don't know what is. He then talks about how we should never take nature for granted.
This picture shows the triangle of transcendentalism. This triangle perfectly defines the transcendentalism because at one end of the triangle you have god. In most transcendental writings god plays a fairly large role. At another end of the spectrum you have nature which is a pretty obvious one as you may have realized by now, and lastly in the third corner of the triangle you have man, which both god and nature relate to.
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This quote gives a very interesting description of the entire essay and the transcendental genre. It talks about if someone were able to make the final decisions for the entire world than it would result in multiple different categories and classes of people, some of which are, Commodity; Beauty; Language; and Discipline.
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This quote does a great job of relating to literary movement that the essay represents. The quote does this by saying that nature can be a ministry to man in not only the material but in the process and result as well. He than says that if all of the parts can work together than the man can benefit from it.
Theme: being a commodity
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The theme of the essay apply's to this quote because this quote talks about the rich conveniences that that are given to us by the heavens and than this quote tells us to use the gifts that we are given to be a commodity in the world that we live in.
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This quote relates the the theme of being a commodity by telling us about the useful arts that each and every man has deep in his wit. It then tells is to use these useful arts to do great things in our lives and in the lives of other people.