Transcendentalism+mf13

Transcendentalism- the idea that people could transcend, or rise above, the material things in life.

transcendentalists -"Jesus Christ is less than God, more than man" -most are misunderstood -determined by what they were rebelling against -what they saw as the situation was from a much different perspective than what others saw they were trying to be different from

Ralph Waldo Emerson: > individualism > never failed to pursue in what he believed-tried to bring a new genre into literature > was a huge inspirational figure to newly "born" transcendentalists across the country > " A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer." > "All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen." > "Always do what you are afraid to do." > > > > > > research thing
 * an American writer, philosopher, poet
 * "To be great is to be misunderstood."