"whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. he who would gather 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."
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Explanation:

"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson primarily intends to encourage the readers to 'believe or trust thyself' in order to transform the world as the title implies 'self rely' instead of relentlessly conforming to the ideas and notions followed by the crowd and blindly considering them to be the best.

In the given quote from the essay, Emerson implies that nothing in the world is more sacred and pious than 'the integrity of one's own mind' and urges the readers to attain 'immortal palms' and explore the real goodness and not mere the 'name of goodness'(implying that one should explore the truth oneself instead of blindly obeying the crowd). He implies that one should resist conforming to the common thought and must follow their own instincts rather than questioning them to preserve the virtue and goodness of their mind.

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explanation:

the civil rights act was passed on april 9, 1866 by a republican dominated congress. it was passed over president johnson's veto, in an effort to push back against discrimination of african americans.