【正确答案】正确答案：Self-reliance is the ability to do things or make decisions by one"s self. It is the basis of the American society. Self-Reliance is an essay written by American Transcendentalist philosopher and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson"s repeating themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas.