“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered‚ you will never grow.” This quote said by author Ralph Waldo Emerson is often said by athletes‚ businessmen‚ and optimists alike and give them an extra boost of encouragement. From my personal experiences and thoughts‚ it is true that if one never tries to improve‚ one never will. When I want to become a leader‚ when an acquaintance wants to become better‚ and when one truly believes in themselves‚ we can master anything. When
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The essay Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau is an essay criticizing the state of the US Government during slavery and after the Mexican American War. Thoreau had many points in this essay and it starts with the statement “Government is best which governs least” (Thoreau 1-2). He argues for the need for a more efficient government‚ he says that the current on hinders the accomplishment of the work it has created and is very ineffective. He says that people who run the government have a lack
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Self Reliance‚ an essay by the famous transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ is pretty deep. Way deep. Read-it-multiple-times kind of deep. Emerson’s essay discusses self-trusting‚ and urges readers to follow their own instincts and ideas. However‚ despite the author’s intelligent language and thoughtful insight into self-reliance‚ it ultimately became repetitive‚ hard to follow‚ and just lacking clarity. In Self Reliance‚ Emerson explores themes of non-conformity and individualism– the essay is
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The ideas of nature between German Philosopher‚ Frederick Nietzche‚ and Henry David Thoreau show strong feelings toward their opinion. Nietzche and Thoreau had similar views on their opinion on nature and endorse it. Thoreau says “I love nature‚ I love the landscape because it is so sincere. It never jest. It is cheerfully‚ musically earnest.” Thoreau shows a positive and caring view of nature. Generally speaking‚ interpretations of Nietzsche and his view of nature vary according to weather his break
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There are many pithy observations that contain a general truth in society today. An example of a pithy observation is the statement‚ “if it isn’t broke‚ don’t fix it.” There is also this aphorism written by Henry David Thorreau. Mr. Thoreau said‚ “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish that they are really after.” This quote has a very strong explanation. Henry David is telling us that many people go on a hunt for things not really knowing what they are looking
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reiterates his delight and connection to nature in saying‚ “Yet it is certain that the power to produce this delight does not reside in nature‚ but in man‚ or in a harmony of both.” Ralph Waldo Emerson was not only an enthusiastic writer of nature‚ but an enjoyer of its magnificent features as well.” Emerson explains that there is such vastness and difference in nature that someone who visits it can’t possible ever get tired of it. He writes‚ “Within [the] plantations of God‚ a decorum and sanctity
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“self-reliance” philosophy. Self-reliance for Emerson was more than the image of a family carving out a life on the frontier. According to Kathleen‚ Emerson’s frontier‚ the place of real freedom and opportunity‚ was a mental landscape free from mediocrity and conformity. As a man with strong philosophical ethics‚ the people of his time saw Emerson as a sage or prophet‚ with fewer of the faults of human nature than anyone they knew. According to the Author‚ Emerson had‚ as anyone‚ the hopes‚ the highs‚ and
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According to Henry David Thoreau‚ “One is not born into the world to do everything‚ but to do something.” What is your something? “Hurry call 911!” What had begun as a typical Saturday morning‚ filled episodes of Power Rangers‚ quickly became a nightmare. Rushing into the living room with nothing but a hair bonnet on‚ my mom‚ obviously flustered‚ could barely keep her hands still enough to dial 911. Without hesitation‚ I scurried to my parents room to see my dad lying in bed‚ almost lifeless
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key to truth. Non conformity is required for self-trust. If a person has self-trust‚ they also have to face inconsistency. Emerson thought that it was difficult for many to trust themselves and disobey what they did in the past. Humanity should “speak what you think now in hard words again…though it contradict everything you said” because to do this gains self-trust (424). Emerson thinks all the celebrated role models are misunderstood‚ for “to be great is to be misunderstood” (424). All the important
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