Category: Education
Created by: Carissa
Number of Blossarys: 6
The idea of nonconformity is essential to Emerson's essay. A nonconformist is literally someone who does their own thing. From the essay, "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist".
Emerson writes, "The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner." Nonchalance is when someone is indifferent or overly casual to someone / something.
Emerson writes, "Our reading is mendicant." Mendicant is an adjective used to describe someone who on begging for a living.
Emerson writes, "more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages." Lustre is a shine or glimmer.
Latent is something stored, but not active. Emerson wrote, "Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense".
Kindred is when you are family with someone, but it can also be when you feel close to someone.
Importune is used to show that one begs persistently and urgently. The quote from the essay is, "I was prompted to make to a valued adviser, who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines ...
By: Carissa