Question

In a poem, this author wrote “They know not well the subtle ways / I keep, and pass, and turn again” of a “red slayer” and “the slain.” This author wrote “I am the doubter and the doubt” in the poem “Brahma.” (10[1])The speaker declares that “beauty is its own excuse for Being” in this author’s poem “The Rhodora.” (10[1])This (-5[1])author, who claimed (10[1])in a speech that moral sentiment was more important than following religious doctrine, wrote an essay where he compared himself to a “transparent eyeball.” (10[3])In an essay, this author claimed that “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist” and “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little (10[1])minds.” For 10 points, name this Transcendentalist author of “Nature” and “Self-Reliance.” ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Karsten RynearsonYale ARutgers A4110
Eshan PantNYU ACornell C5810
Ethan FurmanHaverfordPrinceton A59-5
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BPenn B6210
Jack RadoColumbia BColumbia A8610
Thomas DoyleVassarNYU B8610
Alex MoonPenn ARowan A8610
William HelmanBard APrinceton B11110
Carter McLeanPrinceton AHaverford12410
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BYale C12410

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