ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
He is noted for saying “to be great is to be misunderstood” and “whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.”
A
Henry David Thoreau
B
Ralph Waldo Emerson
C
Frederick Douglass
D
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes To be great is to be misunderstood.

Detailed explanation-2: -“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

Detailed explanation-3: -He dares not say ‘I think, ’ ‘I am, ’ but quotes some saint or sage.” So, you don’t rely on your own existence, you rely upon what somebody else has told you.

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