Read the following selection carefully, paying close attention to detail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote "...who so would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who gathers immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.... No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature...."

Question 2 of 3
Select the correct answer.
The main idea of this selection is that______.

people should conform to society

nothing is sacred

people must decide for themselves what is right and what is wrong

we should gather palm branches

each person must obey the law