Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a Unitarian minister
and would later become a Unitarian minister himself. Emerson
eventually, however, broke away from the doctrine of his superiors
and formulated and expressed the philosophy of Transcendentalism
in his 1836 essay Nature.

When he was three years old, Emerson's father complained that
the child could not read well enough. Then in 1810, when Emerson
was eight years old, his father died. In October of 1817, at the
age of 14, Emerson went to Harvard University and was appointed
President's Freshman, a position which gave him a room free of
charge. He waited at Commons, which reduced the cost of his board
to one quarter, and he received a scholarship. He added to his
slender means by tutoring and by teaching during the winter
vacations at his Uncle Ripley's school in Waltham, Massachusetts.

After Emerson graduated from Harvard, he assisted his brother
in a school for young ladies established in......

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