Born second in a family of nine children in Maine and schooled in Boston, Willis attended Yale and traveled extensive
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Born second in a family of nine children in Maine and schooled in Boston, Willis attended Yale and traveled extensive
Boston-born Ralph Waldo Emerson lost his father, a Concord minister, when he was eight years old, leaving the family in difficult circumstances.
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