Emily Dickinson
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was raised in a traditional New England home in the mid
1800's. Her father along with the rest of the family had become Christians and
she alone decided to rebel against that and reject the Church. She like many of
her contemporaries had rejected the traditional views in life and adopted the
new ....
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.... Emily Dickinson believed and practiced this
philosophy.
When she was young she was brought up by a stern and austere father. In
her childhood she was shy and already different from the others. Like all the
Dickinson children, male or female, Emily was sent for formal education in
Amherst Academy. After attending Amherst Academy with conscientious thinkers
such as Helen Hunt Jackson, and after reading many of Emerson's essays, she
began to develop into a free willed person. Many o ....
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