In "Self-Reliance," Emerson often colors or illustrates one of his many ideas by offering a famous person as an example, as in "Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton...." Choose any one of Emerson's ideas that "name-drop" someone famous and important, and explain why this is an effective rhetorical approach. a full paragraph (at least five sentences). Post your response. Post a comment on someone else's response.