Question

In Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self Reliance", which of the following sentences from the passage besgt expresses the author's main message? no man yet knows what it is nor can till that person has exhibited it; it may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues so it be faithfully imparted but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards; not for nothing one face one character one fact makes much impression on him and another none; there is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias or trowel of the Egyptians or the pen of Moses or Dante but different from all these; abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life obey they heart and thou shalt reproduce the foreworld again.

Answer 1

The sentence that best expresses the main message of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance" is: "abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life obey thy heart and thou shalt reproduce the foreworld again."

This sentence encapsulates the core idea of self-reliance, emphasizing the importance of following one's own intuition and inner voice to achieve true individuality and authenticity.