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C.O.M. "Collection Of Miscellany" - because such variety of thought is built into the different ways of transcendentalism. __**Information:**__ __**This is where our society would be located:**__
 * "Transcendentalism is a nineteenth-century literary and philosophical movement associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau and a small but active circle of New England educators,religious leaders, and social reformers." []
 * Transcendentalism is centered on the attitude of each individual, but this attitude could be discovered only if the person had the independence of their own mind to follow through and do it. Transcendentalism is the movement that takes place in the 19th century.
 * Trancendentalist believed that emotional and spiritual rebirth was a very important tool of nature's glory.
 * Nature,for transcendentalist,is a symbol of circles like nature is never ending. We represent it through a picture of a tree.
 * Transcendentalist always believe and trust that any question they had, they could find an answer someway, somehow.
 * Transcendentalism is influenced by European Romanticism that can be noticed in the writings of Emerson, Whitman, and Thoreau(transcendalist author)

The C.O.M. society lives in a natural habitat in a rural society. We are located in the woods because it is where we can find most resources and worship/understand what we all believe in. We had to build our own homes out of the resources we had. This society would encourage our citizens to engage into perserving nature and admiring its uses. C.O.M. citizens believe that a person had to be an individual in their own mind to follow through on the living style of a transcendtalist. The citizens believe in being self-reliant and have individuality on surviving on their own in nature and what god has provided for us. This society learns to understand,believe,and spread the word on transcendentalism and why we do what we do. These citizens that belong to C.O.M. understand and recognize that humankind and all aspects of nature make up what Emerson would call the Oversoul. These citizens work daily on studying what they should know about transcendentalist, praising god in all that he has created and provided for us, and also having our citizens work daily to grow any crop that is needed for food. They farm these crops in anywhere they can find dirt. This will help our citizens get our food to eat and they use rivers and what nature has provided for us to survive. These people of the C.O.M. know that they should never waste food or any product that could be used for something else. We shall not waste anything. They use all the sources they need, but in reason. Citizens that do wrongdoings such as disobeying our beliefs, hurting other citizens, or wasting sources when they know it is not allowed, would either be band from this society and would have to find some other place to go or would be tortured until they know and understand what it is that we transcendentalist trust and believe in. Authors that live in this society include Sarah Margaret Fuller, Theodore Parker, Amos Alcott, and Elizabeth Hoar. Sarah Margaret Fuller is a major Transcendentalist while the others are just minors who are learning. A person that really expresses the way our society works and believes in is Margaret Fuller. She truely understands what transcendentalism is all about and what it is protrayed to have a successful, healthy, and well balanced life. Anyone can live in C.O.M society if they follow our requirements and trust in them strongly. In this society, our currency comes in the form of rocks and depending on the size of the rock tells you how much it is worth through the age of the rock and where it came from.

__**Jobs: **__
 * Farming/Agriculture
 * Collecting Supplies
 * Banking with rocks(currency)
 * Teaching(studying information about transcendentalism such as nature, inner faith, self-reliance, intuition, hardwork, and certain attitudes.)

__**Pledge: **__ __** Flag: **__
 * "We pledge our beliefs through nature we trust, **
 * That everyone is treated equally through their attitudes. **
 * In God we trust that life is like a circle and is never ending. **
 * Every ending starts a new beginning. **
 * As these beginnings start, we work our way through the difficulties of life to accomplish what each individual believes in. **
 * Our policy of conserving helps to renew the planet which we live in and we all agree to follow through. **
 * This prediction of helping our planet and society sets us up for the good life we all wish to have. **
 * We trust in peace and harmony throughout our society. **
 * We have to stick together by hard work to create a well-rounded, and successful life. **
 * So as we conclude this pledge, realize that this society is serious in what it tries to provoke to make our lives fun, exciting, and interesting throughout our transcendentalist life." **

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