According to Emerson in "Self-Reliance," why do people dismiss their own thoughts?

2.    FIGURATIVE    language is language that expresses more than just its literal definition.

3. A     PUN     is a play on two or more meanings of a word.

4. A      METAPHOR    makes a comparison between two things without the words like or as.

5. A    SIMILE       makes a comparison between two things using the words like or as.

6.         IRONY          is saying one thing but meaning something else.

7.          HYPERBOLE                 is an intentional exaggeration.

8.  PERSONIFICATION       is giving human qualities to something that's not human.

9.     SATIRE           uses witty language to insult or express dissatisfaction by exposing a person's errors.

10. A     SYMBOL             is one thing or idea that stands for another.

11.       JUXTAPOSITION       is placing two things or words that are opposite or dissimilar next to each other.

12. A  PARADOX   is a statement that seems to contract itself and yet make sense.

13. A    STATEMENT       OF         EQUIVALENCE    is saying that one thing is equal to another.

14. A  PARENTHETICAL     ASIDE   is a statement that appears as an "aside" within a sentence.

What I know about Thoreau and his influence:

1. In real life, Thoreau lived in the cabin for two years. In Walden, he says he lived there for     ONE            YEAR    .

2. It's necessary to     PAY     close      ATTENTION      to Thoreau's writings to get as much as possible out of them.

3. Thoreau spent a night in jail because he did not want to support a government that allowed     SLAVERY     .

4. The three people whom Thoreau influenced were     MOHANDAS         GANDHI     ,    DR.                         MARTIN         LUTHER          KING      JR      , and     RACHEL            CARSON         .