Which of the following is not an aphorism?

 

A. Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. N-9

B. I am not alone and unacknowledged.N-8

C. Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. SR-7

Which of the following is not an aphorism?

A. Nature never wears a mean appearance. N-2

B. Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. SR-5

C. Not for nothing one face, ...character, .fact, makes much impression on him, another none. SR-1

7- A man is to carry himself in the presence of all opposition as if every thing were titular and ephemeral but he. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. Every decent and well-spoken individual affects and sways me more than is right. I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways. If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy, shall that pass? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition, and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes, why should I not say to him, 'Go love thy infant; love thy woodchopper; be good-natured and modest; have that grace; and never varnish your hard, uncharitable ambition with this incredible tenderness for black folk a thousand miles off. Thy love afar is spite at home.' Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge it, -else it is none. ....

 

Which best describes Emerson's answer to the angry bigot with concerns about the plight of those in Barbadoes (Section 7 of "Self-Reliance) 

A. Have grace and love and tenderness for those poor "black folk a thousand miles off."

B. "Thy love afar is spite at home." Take care of those around you first. Then you can look to others.

C. The cause of Abolition is bountiful and all should embrace it - the infant, the woodchopper, etc.

Which best expresses the meaning of the following aphorism from Section 18 of Thoreau's Walden?

Sec 18: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

 

A. Some people hear sounds differently than others, so we need to provide different drumbeats.

B. We shouldn't judge others just because they are marching slower than everyone else is.

C. We need to respect others and not judge them because they are different