Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Born: 5/25/1803 Boston, MA
Died: 4/27/1882 Concord, MA
Education: Harvard College (entered in 1817)
Main interests: individualism, mysticism
Notable ideas: self-reliance, over-soul
Most famous works: Nature, Self-Reliance
Civil War ideals: Anti-slavery, abolitionist, friend of John Brown
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Henry David Thoreau:
Born: 6/12/1817 Concord, MA
Died: 5/6/1862 Concord, MA
Education: Harvard College (entered in 1833)
Main interests: ethics, poetry, religion, politics, biology, philosophy, history
Notable ideas: abolitionism, tax resistance, development criticism, civil disobedience, conscientious objection, direct action, environmentalism, anarchism, simple living
Most famous works: Walden
Civil War ideals: Anti-slavery, abolitionist, friend of John Brown
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