... other's ideas affect his own, rather than practice ignorance and claim total originality. Emerson's aunt, Mary Moody Emerson, who encouraged and inspired Emerson to think for himself, posed as a prominent influence in his early life. Aunt Mary lived her life by the motto, "always do what you are afraid to do." ... Her influence on his thinking at such an early age strongly impacted Emerson's resolute search for identity. In turn, Emerson challenges and beckons us forward, down the road to our best selves, continuously urging us to be more creative, continually reinventing ... goal to qu...

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