Question

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?
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.

Answer 1

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

This sentence directly contrasts adults' limited perception with a child's fuller, heartfelt seeing, supporting Emerson's claim that most adults cannot truly see nature.