Question

How does the organization of the second paragraph of "Self-Reliance" contribute to Emerson’s purpose?

Answer 1

“For this purpose” means, presumably, for the purpose of this or some similar ... On pageS the second paragraph should have been omitted, unless the place ... “sensationalist,” even if Dr. Channing wrote the former, as he surely did not mean it. ... section on “Self—Culture” has the ring of Emerson's “Self-Reliance”: "To give ...