Which characteristic of transcendentalism stemmed from romanticism?

a.) an interest in how people gain knowledge
b.) a belief in the unifying spirit
c.) a belief that humans are good and moral by nature
d.) a focus on the importance of the individual

B. a belief in the unifying spirit

The belief on the unifying spirit is one of the characteristics of transcendentalism that is believed to have stemmed from romanticism. The interest as to how people gain knowledge, humans being naturally moral and good and the importance of individual is not part of those characteristics. 

The phrase that connects these characters is half an arm. The old woman lived in a desolate place with her daughter and had never seen Mr. Shiftlet, seeing him from afar she could say that he was a vagabond and nobody to fear. The left sleeve of his coat was folded up to show that he only had half a arm.