Henry David Thoreau


Personal Information
· I was born the 12th of July in 1817
· I was born in Concord Massachusetts
· I studied and graduated at Harvard University and Concord Academy
· I have written Walden and Civil Disobedience
· I have provided a new way of looking at life, and being able to stand back and decide what I was meant to live for.
Issues
· I was very much against slavery and having to be ruled and governed by an unjust government
· I believe that a person should stand up for what they believe in. A person should live their life the way they want it, and need not be bound by the rules of government, nor be afraid to by judged and just.
· I found my motivation by leaving to a cabin near a pond and experiencing nature firsthand, apart from the pressures of the world
Solutions
· I am able to say that my solution for slavery and an unjust government is to be just. As I once said, “Under a government that prisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also prison.”


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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Personal Background:

• I was born in 1803 in Boston.
• At age 14 I enrolled in Harvard University
• At age 23 I became Unitarian Minister
• At age 29 I resigned from the ministry due to lack of faith
• I am dubbed the Father of Transcendentialism
• I preached non-conformity to Americans all over the country

Issues:

• Transcendentialism:
• One must be true to themselves and not conform to society
• I've gone on to influence many worthy men: Henry Thoreau, and Theodore
  Parker

• Slavery:
• Slaver is a "de-stitution"
• "Emancipation is the demand of civilization."
• Slavery MUST be abolished

Solutions:

• Transcendentialism:
• The only way to help society is for people to realize who they are.
  A true man is original
• "To immitate is to commit suicide."

• Slavery:
• voted for Lincoln in 1860
• I became a republican
• "I will not obey it!" (in reference to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850)
  

http://Gay Wilson Allen, Waldo Emerson (1981); B. L. Packer, Emerson's Fall (1982); Stephen E. Whicher, Freedom and Fate: An Inner Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1953).

http://http://www.transcendentalists.com/emerson_biography.htm

Henry Thoreau

Personal Biography

• I was born on July 12th, 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts.
• I met my death on May 6th, in Concord due to tuberculosis.
• I attended Concord Academy and, later, Harvard University, but I refused to pay the five dollar fee that was required to receive a diploma.
• I am known for my Civil Disobedience and my actions against unjust governments.
• Civil Disobedience has inspired many activists through out the world and America such as Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy.

Issues

• I was an advocate for nature and its wildlife. Also, I went against unjust governments.
• I thought that wildlife should be allowed in their nature, and that if a man doesn't believe in his government then he should go against it.
• Nature itself was my inspiration. The utopian community was ideal to me. A good friend of mine, Ralp Waldo Emerson, was with me in the encouraging to others on the topic of nature and its wildlife. As for the government, the injustices made me want to keep going and try harder.

Solutions

• I wrote several poems and papers on nature, its beauty, and its wildlife such as Autumnal Tints and Wild Apples. Like I said before, I also wrote Civil Disobedience.
• My writings influenced others in their struggles. Many disagreed with my love for nature and my preference of a vegeterian diet. My beliefs might have opposed others', but I wrote and expressed my feelings anyhow.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Personal Background:

·         I was born in Boston on May 25^th, 1803

·         I died on April 27^th, 1882

·         I graduated from Harvard in 1821

·         In 1825, I enrolled in Harvard Divinity School.

·         I am an American transcendentalist poet and lecturer.

·         I wrote multiple books and poems that are now quoted in society.

·         I lectured all around the world.

·         I am known for my transcendentalist views.

·         I left the church to pursue my love for public speaking and writing.

Issue(s):

·         Transcendentalism

·         I am a leader of this movement and I spread the ideas by lecturing and writing editorials.

·         Non-conformity

·         I formed a group called the Transcendentalist Club.

·         I encourage the individual person to express themselves and to fight for what they believe in.

·         I want to challenge the government because I believe its your own responsibility to get things done.

Solution(s):

·         Since I use to be a Unitarian minister, I believe that everyone has the potential to reach salvation and so the solution to solve most of the problems in society would be an individual moral reform.

·         It is the individual’s responsibility change and to create a better society.

·         I was not really the center of a conflict but I was around the troubles in society.

·         I was more focused on criticizing literature.

·         I believe I made the world a better place by showing people that they didn’t have to conform to the government. People criticized me about the issue, but I pushed through it.

http://www.transcendentalists.com/1emerson.html
http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/emersonbio.html


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Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith

· I was born in Sharon, Vermont on December 23, 1805.

· I did not attend school because my family was too poor; however I was taught to read, write, and do basic arithmetic. I also attended church classes.

· I was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement which took place during the Second Great Awakening.

· I was the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ, more commonly known as the Mormon Church.

Issues

· As a young boy I was visited by God and Jesus Christ who told me not to told join any of the churches because they were teaching incorrect doctrines.

Solutions

· I used my faith in God to restore the Christian church, The Church of Jesus Christ, which I later called The Church of the Latter Day Saints to distinguish it from other Christian churches.

Relationship to Others

· I support transcendentalism which is why i reformed The Church of Jesus Christ because I did not believe the other church’s teachings were correct.

· Friends- Brigham Young.

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Margaret Fuller

Bio

· Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli, commonly known as Margaret Fuller

· was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement

· born May 23, 1810 in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts

· She was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism

· Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States.

· She was given a substantial early education by her father, Timothy Fuller. She later had more formal schooling and became a teacher

· first American theorist of women's equality

· edited a magazine, called The Dial, the biggest achievement of Brook Farm

Issues

· Transcendentalism, women's rights, critical theory, gender roles, profession of authorship

· Transcendentalism emphasizes feeling over reason, seeks spiritual communion with nature, and denies the existence of evil.

Solutions

· Fuller contributed significantly to the American Renaissance in literature and to mid-nineteenth century reform movements.

· Women who attended her "conversations" and many prominent men of her time found Fuller's influence life-changing

· When Emerson took over as editor of the Dial, Fuller contributed her groundbreaking essay, "The Great Lawsuit: Man vs. Men and Woman vs. Women," for the July, 1843 issue.

Relationship to Others

· Friends- The Transcendentalism circle included Unitarians Lidian Emerson, Sarah Bradford Ripley, Abigail Allyn Francis, Lydia Maria Child, Elizabeth Hoar, Eliza Farrar, Mary Channing, Elizabeth, Mary and Sophia Peabody, Sophia Dana Ripley and Lydia (Mrs. Theodore) Parker.

· Women’s rights movement- Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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