Solace of Nature
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Thoreau, a Disciple of Emerson's
Thoreau had been a disciple of ralph waldo emerson then became his rival. He was the son of a pencil maker, and doesn't want to enter as a kind of charity case. So he tries to catch emerson's attention by writing a poem that will emerson's head. And eventually emerson opens the circle to him when he says thorough should come hear him lecture in boston.
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