Assertion Analysis #15

Emerson is saying that going against a group of people or laws that are trying to make you be a certain way is the best. The words represents a corruption in the American Government which was the church. A lot of people wanted to get away from the corrupt church and start different lifestyles for themselves. It wasn't easy for those who wanted to step out because they were surrounded by hypocritical people that still believed in the church. They would soon be called multiple names that degraded them.