For Transcendentalist Kids, Inherent Goodness of Man is a Myth

CONCORD, Mass. This quiet town in the western suburbs of Boston was ground zero for the Transcendentalist Movement, a 19th century philosophical reaction to the prevailing intellectual and religious dogmas of the time, and traces of its influence can still be seen today. “Barney’s Diner serves a Ralph Waldo Emerson Burger,” says Assistant Chief of […]