But Emerson's character, connections, and preaching abilities were attractive enough to gain him, in 1829, the post of assistant to his former divinity instructor, Henry Ware, Jr., at Boston's Second Church (Unitarian). Emerson's almost immediate promotion to head pastor and his marriage to Ellen Louisa Tucker, a wellto- do merchant's daughter, seemed to complete a relatively easy transition into an establishment position which many New England youths would have envied.
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