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.” The speaker declares that “beauty is its own excuse for Being” in this author’s poem “The Rhodora.” This author, who claimed in a speech that moral sentiment was more important than following religious doctrine, wrote an essay where he compared himself to a “transparent eyeball.” 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 minds.” For 10 points, name this Transcendentalist author of “Nature” and “Self-Reliance.” ■END■
ANSWER: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Karsten Rynearson | Yale A | Rutgers A | 41 | 10 |
Eshan Pant | NYU A | Cornell C | 58 | 10 |
Ethan Furman | Haverford | Princeton A | 59 | -5 |
Lukas Koutsoukos | Yale B | Penn B | 62 | 10 |
Jack Rado | Columbia B | Columbia A | 86 | 10 |
Thomas Doyle | Vassar | NYU B | 86 | 10 |
Alex Moon | Penn A | Rowan A | 86 | 10 |
William Helman | Bard A | Princeton B | 111 | 10 |
Carter McLean | Princeton A | Haverford | 124 | 10 |
Simon Emmanuel | Rutgers B | Yale C | 124 | 10 |