Question

Which answer best explains how Ralph Waldo Emerson's Concord Hymn is an example of Transcendentalism?

It emphasizes war, violence, and victory.

It emphasizes nature, feelings, and memory.

It emphasizes the importance of social reform.

It emphasizes tolerance, education, and social awareness.

Answer 1

"the transcendentalists operated with the sense that a new era was at hand. They were critics of their contemporary society for its unthinking conformity, and urged that each person find, in Emerson's words, “an original relation to the universe” . Emerson and Thoreau sought this relation in solitude amidst nature, and in their writing."
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/transcendentalism/