Self Reliance

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the examples of church and government to express his views: people get so wrapped up in playing the part that they actually do not know anything about the part they are playing or the true history of their position… They do not know what-is-what and they do not know the reasoning for their stance. Emerson says that people that conform have the same types of personalities: being obnoxious and over exaggerative about their beliefs.
Though for nonconformists, or independent thinkers, they need to “assume the position” of a sour face because society is going to tear them down if they do not develop a “backbone”. Emerson points out that if it is a group of people wearing a sour face for the same reason then it just becomes a conformist group of nonconformists… Once the new group of conformists is created, that just makes an opposing team.
Emerson realizes that any controversial work does its best to alter the thinking of the reader. A political reference, for example, would write ...

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