Question

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Which sentence from Nature best supports Emerson’s claim? a. I am glad to the brink of fear. b. Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece. c. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. d. 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

Answer:

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

Explanation:

Emerson states that adults have lost their ability to see nature in a pure and heartfelt way. Adults are so preoccupied in the race of life that they loses their inner and outer balance. They loses their sense to appreciate nature like a child who sees everything in awe and with purity of instinct. Hence, the eyes of a child see nature differently and finds serene in it. On the othrr hand, adults lose their ability to see through nature and it does not elevate their mood.