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Question 8 • English III

Read this quotation from Chapter I of Nature. To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Which sentence from Nature best supports Emerson’s claim?

Answer

I am glad to the brink of fear.

Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece.

The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.

In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child.

Explanation

Emerson claims that few adults can truly see nature, suggesting that adults do not experience it with the openness of children. The sentence “The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child” contrasts an adult’s limited perception with a child’s deeper experience, so choice C best supports the claim.

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