Why does Emerson describe self-reliance as a “manlike” quality?

the navigation act prevented the colonies from exporting to countries other than britain and it prevented the importation of goods by other countries as well. so i believe the correct answer is d. other nations could not deliver goods to the colonies.

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deists, human beings can know god only via reason and the observation of nature, but not by revelation or by supernatural manifestations (such as miracles