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    In Education by Ralph Waldo Emerson, he discusses how the ideal form of learning should come from a classroom environment in which the child is enthusiastic to learn while also being challenged. Emerson believed that learning should begin at a young age, and that self education was the most proficient way to create academic success. Because he advocated for more independent learning, Emerson also supported smaller class sizes so education could become more personal. Although he felt structure was

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in 1803, in Boston Massachusetts, born into a prominent family. When he was just 8 his father passed away and unfortunately financial hardship for the family followed. His father was a Boston Minister 9 generations before him were ministers as well. His mother ran a boarding house to earn money to support the family which consisted of six children .They often had not enough to eat. (Ralph Waldo Emerson Biography.” -Life, Family...) Waldo and his brother Charles had

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    and holds so many answers. This is what Ralph Waldo Emerson was trying to tell us. This is why with the help of Emerson and his alike

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    1. Throughout the essay Ralph Waldo Emerson, discussed in detail about what makes one a genius. According to Emerson, to be a genius, one must “Believe your own thought, to believe what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men (Emerson 1).” A genius is one who abides by the thoughts of his or her own mind and not of others in society. A genius does not let society control the direction of his or her life, like it does to so many in society. Emerson not only expressed this belief

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    “Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow” (Emerson). Ralph Waldo Emerson quoted this, he means that you can never grow if you don't try something more difficult than what you have already mastered. In many ways this quote is very simple to understand, but unfortunately, no one follows this. Many people think they can live without learning anything more difficult than what they already can do; but that one thing won't help you as you get older. A good

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    deep into nature, then you will understand everything better.” Nature is something that often gets taken advantage of, and people tend to forget it’s true beauty. In this prose passage, Ralph Waldo Emerson uses figurative language, comparison, and contrast to illustrate his appreciative attitude toward nature Emerson uses a great deal of figurative language to reveal his appreciative attitude toward nature. Throughout the entirety of this passage, the most common type of figurative language used is

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson, a famous writer, once said, “Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” This quote, in particular, resonates with me as an artist. It reminds me of a chain of events that I experienced while trying to win a local art contest. Once you get comfortable drawing or painting the same things over and over, it can be hard to try something new. You have spent all this time to be successful in one thing, why start, and potentially fail

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 25, 1803. He was the son of William and Ruth Emerson and was born second of five sons who made it to adulthood. The other four sons were named William, Edward, Robert Bulkeley, and Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson also had three other children who sadly died during their childhood. Those three were named Phebe, John Clarke, and Mary Caroline. Emerson’s father died of stomach cancer two weeks before Waldo’s eighth birthday on May 12, 1811,

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    This creates a similarity to the way Ralph Waldo Emerson relates to Transcendentalist ideas. Although Emerson’s work may not appear completely identical to that of other transcendentalist thinkers, they share many themes and visualizations. Emerson’s way of portraying Transcendentalist beliefs can look different than the ways of others, but that does not mean that they cannot both resemble Transcendentalism thinking. Throughout his literary works, Ralph Waldo Emerson observes Transcendentalist thinking

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was a was an essayist, philosopher, lecturer and a transcendentalist poet of the 19th century. He is best known for his essays the self-reliance, nature, experience, and the poet. He wrote numerous subjects on individualism and freedom. Emerson took a more pantheist approach to rejecting views of God as separate from the world. He translated abstract ideas into ordinary language. He influenced many other famous writers. Emerson is important because he is the

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