1. (a) compare and contrast what is the opposite of the "mean egotism" that
emerson refers to in the first paragraph of his essay "nature"? (b) interpret what
does emerson mean when he writes that he becomes a "transparent eyeball”?

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes