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Ralph Waldo Emerson Facts
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Though long attributed to him, the poem "Father We Thank Thee" ("For flowers that bloom about our feet,/ Father, We Thank Thee./ For tender grass so fresh, so sweet,/ Father, We Thank Thee") was no...
Family
Father: Rev. William Emerson (1769-1811) Mother: Ruth Haskins Emerson (1768-1853) Sister:Phebe Ripley Emerson (1798-1800) Brother:John Clarke Emerson (1799-1807) Brother: William Emerson (1801-1868...
