Reread the part, and think her deeply about it:)
As other events occur across the country, gas station prices will rise; thus far, gas prices have tripled the amount of gas that was previously available. Because the US military is not participating in any battle, the current situation in Ukraine has no bearing on the US. However, Russia is largely a source for the United States to purchase gas and other necessary items that people require on a daily basis, but the president of the United States has cut that off due to Russia's actions in Ukraine.
The Transcendentalists were radical thinkers. At the time of their meetings, New England was still holding on to a remnant of Puritanical values. There was a sense that organized religion had authority over one's personal life and individual choices. For the Transcendentalists, this was a big no-no! They were quite critical of conformity, or forcing one's behavior to match social expectations or standards. They were nonconformists - people who do not conform to a generally accepted pattern of thought or action. They rejected common ideas and practices, particularly organized religion. There wasn't a Transcendentalist church or a holy book of Transcendentalism. Instead, there were regular meetings for lively conversation and a shared hope of cultivating a modern, fluid, and personal sense of spirituality.
A issssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
