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Ralph Waldo Emerson The author of 'Self-Reliance' and 'Nature' lived in Concord. His home, where he entertained and debated guests like Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau, is now <a href=' http://www.newenglandtravelplanner.com/go/ma/boston_west/concord/sights/emerson_house.html'>a memorial. He became a thought leader behind the Transcendentalist movement, which emphasized nature and the individual.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

The author of "Self-Reliance" and "Nature" lived in Concord.

His home, where he entertained and debated guests like Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau, is now a memorial.

He became a thought leader behind the Transcendentalist movement, which emphasized nature and the individual.

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