Emerson's View On Transcendentalism

Part I of Essay
“There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide, that he must take himself, for better or worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can com ....

Part II of Essay
.... merely taking ideas from people, they would never have the experience of diving into their own souls and finding what their own spiritual capabilities are. Thus, they would travel through life spiritually empty and have no substance in their life. Likewise, if a person goes through life having everything spoon-fed to them and never have to work for anything that is important to them, they will never truly experience satisfaction, an emotion of the soul. These situations can be played out today. Some people are exceptionally intelligent p ....