LS took courses in zoology (inspired by Goethe
, who wrote on the subject), but switched her focus to literature (after an instructor introduced her to the writings of St Francis of Assissi
). Her...
Education
Jessie Fothergill
She acquired much knowledge through her voracious consumption of books: I loved books, and read all that I could get hold of, and have had many a rebuke for poring over those books instead of...
Cultural formation
Margaret Fuller
MF
's Unitarian
ism introduced her to a vibrant intellectual community in Cambridge, and at a fairly young age she became a central figure in a social circle that included George Ripley
, William Henry Channing
