EMERSON FEELS THAT HE EXPECTS A LOT FROM AMERICAN WRITERS AND ARTISTS TO BE FREE IN HOW THEY EXPRESS THEIR WORKS. EMERSON TALKS ABOUT HOW THEY ARE COWARD BECAUSE IN OUR SOCIETY PEOPLE HAVE SHOWN FEAR ALL THE TIMES WHICH MAKES WRITERS AND ARTISTS SCARED TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. BEING BOLD AND CREATIVE NEVER STOPS YOU DO NOTJUST PUT AN END TO CREATIVITY AND COMING UP WIITH NEW THINGS MAKES BOLD . SO THIS MADE HIM FELT COWED OF AMERICAN WRITERS AND ARTISTS.