His own nature.
The passage “No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature” is found in Emerson's essay entitled Self Reliance.
Emerson believed in the basic goodness of humans, that they would do the right thing if given the chance to make their own decisions.
Born on May 25, 1803, in Boston, Massachusetts, Emerson was the son of William (minister of a liberal Congregationalist [later Unitarian] parish) and Ruth (Haskins) Emerson.
A founder of the Transcendental movement and the founder of a distinctly American philosophy emphasizing optimism, individuality, and mysticism, Emerson was one of the most influential literary figures of the nineteenth century.
Many American authors, including Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Thoreau are indebted to Emerson's thought.
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