Transcendentalists believe that society and its institutions—particularly organized religion and political parties—corrupt the purity of the individual. they have faith that people are at their best when truly "self-reliant" and independent. it is only from such real individuals that true community can form. even with this necessary individuality, transcendentalists also believe that all people are outlets for the "over-soul." because the over-soul is one, this unites all people as one being.[14][need quotation to verify] emerson alludes to this concept in the introduction of the american scholar address, "that there is one man, - present to all particular men only partially, or through one faculty; and that you must take the whole society to find the whole man." such an ideal is in harmony with transcendentalist individualism, as each person is empowered to behold within him or herself a piece of the divine over-soul.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)