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irectly showed the reason why the man is poor and why no sympathy should be showed to the poor. From Self-Reliance, Emerson never sympathized with the person who had no relation with him. He just did what he should do. He said: “Expect me not to show causes why I seek or why I exclude company. Then again, do not tell me, as a good man did today, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell your, your foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent. I give to such men as do not belong to me and whom I do not belong.”(Emerson, P12, 2005) This point of view shows that if these poor people are self-supported, their living conditions would be better. Helping this kind of people is to do harm to them and make them more and more poor. There is a popular saying: “If one’s pocket is empty, but idea is full, that’s temporary; on the contrary, if one’s pocket if full, but idea is empty, that’s also temporary”. At most time, the poor are lack of independent conducts, optimistic attitudes, and adventurous spirits. They have no innovative abilities, because they never think that they should challenge life and make progress. Therefore, in many aspects, the poor are lagged behind of the society. From Emerson’s opinion, he definitely rejected to help this kind of people. However, sometimes the situation is different, just as Emerson said “There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold, for them I will go to prison.” (Emerson, P12, 2005). This kind of people is the poor in pocket, but they are full of ideas in mind. They have the quality of confidence, of independence, but only lack of materials. Emerson believed that their conditions would be quickly improved through a period of time. The poor condition is not terrible, but the poor mind is a very serious problem. The man should never help the poor with money, but give them a tool to produce wealth by themselves, or teach them to be independent and challengeable. Emerson’s opinions towards the poor have given the readers a meaningful enlightenment. III．Self-Reliance’s Enlightenment on Today’s Society Self-Reliance gives readers much help in coping with their lives. It exerts enlightenment on readers to be confident and independent. It teaches man to take advancing attitudes towards life. Besides, these ideas enlighten female’s life. It is also of great help for individuals’ progress and a country’s development. A. Attitudes towards Life Self-Reliance profoundly inspires a man to strengthen his self-confidence. A young man said in a forum: “If they are afraid of other’s different suggestion and give up their own thinking, then that’s losing themselves. No matter what they do, they should keep definite point of view and independent thinking”.(Smear, P49,2002).He further explained that everyone’s idea is different, no one can make the others’ the same with he himself, so just think about the objection but neglect the irrelevant discussion. When the man finishes his aim, all voices have stopped with it. Each man should have his virtue in tacking with all problems. The attitudes towards life have two choices. One is to die and the other is to live. Emerson’s Self-Reliance teaches the readers to follow their own thoughts and take optimistic attitudes towards life. Everything has two sides, the most important is that which side the man chooses. A man should be confident everyday, and then each day is beauti