Question

Read the excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s "Self-Reliance."

These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.

Which transcendental belief does this excerpt best illustrate?
Society and government corrupt the individual.
Society helps people express their individuality.
Societal rules are less important than an individual’s conscience.
Societal rules are necessary to maintain order among the people.

Answer 1

The answer is society and government corrupt the individual

Answer 2

A. society and government corrupt the individual

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