Emerson or Thoreau?

He was born first, but died last.

"How worn and dusty...must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition..."

Was poor during his lifetime.

Was a mininster for part of his life.

Which is not an example of civil disobedience?

What is an aphorism?

"No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature."

"Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life?"

Went to jail for his civil disobedience.

Why did Thoreau go to live at Walden Pond for over 2 years?

Author of Walden.

Both Emerson and Thoreau's hometown.

"If a man does not keep up with his companions...it is because he hears a different drummer."

How long did Thoreau's experiment of essential living last?

Finish this quote: To be great is to be...

He owned land where Walden Pond is located.

Father of Transcendentalism

Was famous during his lifetime.

"Whoso be a man, must be a nonconformist."

"The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise."

"For my part, I could easily do without the post-office."

Believed nature was the center of everything.

Which is not an example of civil disobedience practiced in American history?

His mantra was "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity."

Though the person who paid Thoreau's tax stayed anonymous, many believed his mother paid it.

Wrote "On Civil Disobedience."

Is Edgar Allen Poe a Romantic or a Transcendentalist?

"I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born."

Self reliance is being able to provide your own needs without anyone else's assistance.

Which of these two literary characters followed the beliefs of Transcendentalism?