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Born on May 25, came from a long line of merchants on his mother’s side and preachers on his father’s side. It is possibly this unique conglomeration of life experiences that lead Emerson to be possibly one of the greatest and most influential ....

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... that Ralph would be a scholar or orator of some kind. Emerson credits Mary with being able to stimulate his intelligence in that direction. Ralph Waldo Emerson was always placed in the best scholastic environment available to him, which is ironic because later Emerson says education comes from personal experience rather than what a text book says. After several independent private schools and college prepatory schools, Emerson entered Harvard. Emerson later says of Harvard, “ It has done little for me on the whole.” If this is true at least Harvard is where he says his, “...mind commenced its characteristic and beautiful activity.” Over t ...