Question

the necessity of solitude is deeper than we have said, and is organic. i have seen many a philosopher whose world is large enough for only one person. he affects to be a good companion, but we are still surprising his secret, that he means and needs to impose his system on all the rest. the determination of each is from all the others, like that of each tree up into free space. t is no wonder, when each has his whole head, our societies should be so small. like president tyler, our party falls from us every day, and we must ride in a sulky at last. dear heart! take it sadly home to thee - there is no cooperation. we begin with friendships, and all our youth is a reconnoitering and recruiting of the holy fraternity they shall combine for the salvation of men. but so the remoter stars seem a nebula of united light, yet there is no group, which a telescope will not resolve, and the dearest friends are separated by impassable gulfs. the cooperation is involuntary, and is put upon us by the genius of life, who reserves this as a part of his prerogative. t is fine for us to talk; we sit and muse and are serene and complete; but the moment we meet with any - body, each becomes a fraction.... it by no means follows that we are not fit for society, because soirees are tedious and because the soiree finds us tedious. a backwoodsman, who had been sent to the university, told me that when he heard the best - bred young men at the law - school talk together, he reckoned himself a boor; but whenever he caught them apart, and had one to himself alone, then they were the boors and he the better man. and if we recall the rare hours when we encountered the best persons, we then found ourselves, and then first society seemed to exist. that was society, though in the transom of a brig or on the florida keys.... the people are to be taken in very small doses. if solitude is proud, so is society vulgar. in society, high advantages are set down to the individual as disqualifications. we sink as easily as we rise, through sympathy. so many men whom i know are degraded by their sympathies, their native aims being high enough, but their relation all too tender to the gross people about them. men cannot afford to live together on their merits, and they adjust themselves by their demerits, - by their love of gossip, or by sheer tolerance and animal good nature. they unnerve and dissipate the brave aspirant. the remedy is to reinforce each of these moods from the other. conversation will not corrupt us if we come to the assembly in our own garb and speech and with the energy of health to select what is ours and reject what is not. society we must have, but let it be society in its best sense. which statement best describes emersons opinion of communities, according to the first paragraph of society and solitude? regardless of how tightly bound communities may seem, each person is ultimately alone. people live in communities for the purpose of friendship, but nothing else is gained from them. communities are important for the well - being of the individuals that comprise them. communities are the foundation of human society, and without them people would perish.

Explanation:

The text emphasizes individualism and the separateness of people within communities, stating that despite how close - knit communities may seem, each person is ultimately alone. Emerson highlights the self - contained nature of individuals and the limitations of togetherness.

Answer:

Regardless of how tightly bound communities may seem, each person is ultimately alone.