ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does this quote from Emerson mean?
A
People should spend more time with friends than alone.
B
People need to balance spending time alone and with others.
C
Even though it’s impractical people should be alone.
D
It’s important to be practical
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1. “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” 2. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”

Detailed explanation-2: -In order to balance society and solitude, one must maintain both independence and sympathy for others.

Detailed explanation-3: -Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Times are the masquerade of the eternities; trivial to the dull, tokens of noble and majestic agents to the wise; the receptacle in which the Past leaves its history; the quarry out of which the genius of to-day is building up the Future.

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