First Impression of On Self-Reliance

What really fascinates me is that most writers from a long time ago only tend to use male pronouns, but that's beside the point. If I may, " Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.." that quote alone says so much about how our society is today. It's like some people are afraid to be wrong and don't get me wrong, I understand what that is like. People would rather be correct quietly than be wrong loudly. To be able to speak what you believe is true is important and that is what I learned from the essays.