1. American Transcendentalism “ It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, always do what you are afraid to do.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. Emerson first expressed his philosophy in his essay “Nature”.

4. A belief in a higher reality than that achieved by human reasoning.

9. Believed in social reform and peace—a perfect Utopia.

10. Advocated self-trust/ confidence

11. Valued individuality/non-conformity/free thought/intuition (over science and laws)

16. Built a cabin on land owned to Emerson in Concord, Mass. near Walden Pond

17. Lived alone there for two years studying nature and seeking truth within himself

20. “Still we live meanly like ants.”“Our life is frittered away by detail.”“Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life?”“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity. I say, let your affairs be as two or three and not a hundred or a thousand.”

22. Individuality “How deep the ruts of tradition and conformity.”

24. “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.”