When Ralph Waldo Emerson entered Divinity Hall in July 1838 to address the Harvard Divinity School's graduating class, he aimed to inspire a new generation of preachers, not to undermine Christianity or launch transcendentalism. This paper examines the members of that class to reveal the extent of Emerson's immediate influence.

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