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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Unitarian Leader

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LaneyAnn Russomanno
Mrs.Cammarata and Mrs, Floire
English III CP
October, 28th, 2015

Transcending into Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson was born 25 May 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the second of eight children born to the Rev. William and Ruth Haskins Emerson. Only four of Emerson's seven siblings survived to adulthood. Just before Emerson's eighth birthday, his father passed away from stomach cancer, leaving his mother a widow with six children. Emerson was the son of a Unitarian minister, who himself was descended from a line of Unitarian ministers. His professional calling seemed all but etched in stone. In 1825 Emerson enrolled at the newly formed Harvard School of Divinity, while continuing to teach. Ralph Waldo Emerson inspires
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