Why does he say “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist”? What does he mean by that? Give an example.

Emerson helps to explain this quotation in the sentences which follow it.  He says, "He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness."  In other words, it is inappropriate for a person who wants to consider themselves individualistic (for him, what it means to be "a man") to simply follow the crowd because it is the good thing to do.  We cannot assume that what others in society want is actually what is best; what seems good because it is the common choice may not actually be good.  If we are too busy following to really consider whether or not the choice we make is good, we learn nothing of value.  We should not conform at all—even if we choose to do what everyone else is doing each of us must do it because we choose it and not because it is what everyone else does.  Importantly, in the paragraph just prior to this quotation, Emerson claims that "Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members." Each man, he says, typically agrees to "surrender" his "liberty" to society, as one of its members, in order that everyone should succeed. Society demands that we conform so that it can run smoothly; we all grow to depend on one another in this way. However, Emerson declares that whoever "would be a man must be a nonconformist," and he must refuse to surrender his liberty by insisting on denying society its request. Emerson says that the person "who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness."

When Jesus arrived in Jerusalem on the day now referred to as Palm Sunday by Christians, crowds waved palm leaves in welcome. Thus, Emerson seems to be suggesting that someone who wants to truly be and do good in the world must not listen to what society says is good but also do the good things

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