After Emerson's father died, he mother send him to University of ( 1 ). As a young man, Emerson was strongly ( 2 ) by a remarkable aunt of his, Mary Moody Emerson, who though ( 3 ) , had read everything from Shakespeare to the romantics, and it formed a unique religious perspective based on ( 4 ), ( 5 ) and literature, that would resonate powerfully in the life and work of her nephew.