Who do i like?

Although the doctrines of these three transcendentalists share many similarities i think i would prefer Emerson. For some reason i felt a connection to his words, while with Whitman and Thoreau i felt disconnected and unable to relate. I think i enjoyed reading Emerson the most because his ideas seemed logical rather than revolutionary. I felt like the other two were somehow trying to prove their transcendentalism, while Emerson expressed it naturally. Although his readings were very dense i comprehended more of it than when i read Walden. I think i enjoyed how organized his thoughts were, for example in The Divinity School Address he lays out what he is going to talk about and rarely goes off on tangents. It made it much easier to grasp the meaning of his words when you knew what he was talking about. I really liked how he used objects or concepts to reflect a greater meaning. The quote i chose for our "non-paper" assignment was about how the roses aren't retrospective or focused on the future, they live in the present. I liked this because i think Emerson is making a connection to nature through the roses, and how all of nature is like this and we should emulate it. However i did not like Thoreau's metaphors or symbolism because i couldn't always put the pieces together. Overall i would prefer to read Emerson because although his ideas are sync with Thoreau and Whitman's he presents them in a much more elegant and relatable fashion.