Response To the "Divinity School Address"

Choice B
"The divinity School Address" by Ralph Waldo Emmerson was appalled by the audience of the Harvard Divinity School because of his harsh standings. He was even banned from the School's premises in the future. He believes that the church is a mockery and only a "thoughtless clamor." Why would Emmerson write a speech for future clergymen? Did Emmerson believe that they will react grateful for his insight? NO! He wrote this speech to get a furious response. Emmerson believes that Jesus Christ was only part of the other prophets. "Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets.. Alone in all history he estimated the greatness of man. One man was true to what is in you and me." "But the very word, Miracle, as pronounced by Christian Churches, gives a false impression; it is Monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain." "Thus is he, as I think, the only soul in history who has appreciated the worth of man." Emmerson thinks that Jesus Christ was only a man who went to a man's fullest potential. He ends his speech with "I look for the new Teacher, that shall follow so fart those shining laws, that he shall see them come full circle; shall see their rounding complete grace; shall see the world to be the mirror of the soul; shall see the world to be the mirror of the soul; shall see the identity of the law of gravitation with purity of hear; and shall show that the Ought, that Duty, is one thing with Science, with Beauty, and with Joy." What in the world does he mean?