In *Nature*, Emerson asserts that “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” This suggests that

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The question centers on Emerson's claim that 'Nature always wears the colors of the spirit,' inviting interpretation of how humans relate mind and nature.
Option 1: 'external conditions never affect emotional states.' This is inaccurate because Emerson's quote suggests the opposite—that perception is colored by inner states, not that emotions are independent of external influence.
Option 2: 'people project their mental and emotional states onto their perception of the natural world.' This alignment captures the core idea: our inner life shapes how we experience and interpret nature, so the colors we perceive are filters of spirit, not objective qualities of nature itself.
Option 3: 'spiritual beliefs must conform to the scientific realities of nature.' While Emerson values nature as a teacher, this choice reads as a demand for conformity to science, which is not what the quote conveys; it stresses subjective coloring rather than a demand for epistemic alignment with science.
Option 4: 'color in nature is purely illusory and subjective.' Although the colors are colored by the observer, to claim they are purely illusory would negate genuine experience and imagination; Emerson’s point is not that color is nonexistent but that it is interpretive and shaped by spirit, not that it lacks reality entirely.
In sum, the statement that best matches Emerson’s idea is that perception of nature is shaped by our inner mental and emotional states, rather than being a purely objective or independent read of the natural world.

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In Nature, Emerson asserts that “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” This suggests that

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