“Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions. A correspondent revolution in things will attend the influx of the spirit.” The 1836 passage above exemplifies which of the following intellectual trends?
A. Evangelicalism
B. Transcendentalism
C. Abolitionism
D. Mormon Theology

B. Transcendentalism

Explanation:

The passage centers on the principles of transcendentalism which is based on the belief that individuals perform better when they are independent and can think on their own rather than waiting on what one authority says.

Hence, when the passage said along the line that "As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions..." This passage is promoting self-reliance which is one of the tenets of transcendentalism.

c.

worked constantly and gave many sincere speeches about the importance of independence