Choose two direct quotes from Emerson's Self-Reliance.  Explain what you believe they mean and how they connect to Transcendentalism.  

Example: (Do this twice--once for each quote.)
Emerson wrote about the beauty, timeliness, and individuality of roses: "These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God today."   Emerson is encouraging people just "to be"--to bloom where they are planted without trying to compare themselves to others before or yet to come, and to make the most of the present.  Man should be content with his beauty and purpose and not worry about conforming to "tradition."  Transcendentalism encourages individuality--freedom from conforming to others' ideas--and recognizing that everything has its time and place in nature.