“Happy is the house that shelters a friend.”
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Henry David Thoreau
WRITER, SURVEYOR
A close friend who lived with Emerson at different times, Thoreau built his cabin on Emerson’s Land at Walden Pond.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
EDUCATOR, WRITER
A close associate of Emerson and fellow Transcendentalist, Bronson is also Louisa May Alcott’s father.
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Margaret Fuller
WRITER, JOURNALIST
A women’s rights advocate and Transcendentalist, Margaret served as the first editor of Emerson and Thoreau’s journal The Dial.