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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The Gothic Cathedral

The Gothic cathedral symbolizes the individual’s paradoxical tendency to view themselves as both a part of history and separate from it. Emerson believes that when an individual sees a sacred, elaborate structure like a…

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