Emerson's Letter to Whitman
Emerson responds to Whitman's gift of the first edition of Leaves of Grass
Letter, Ralph Waldo Emerson to Walt Whitman extolling Whitman's poetry, 21 July 1855.
In one of the most quoted letters in American literary history, Emerson writes to an eager Whitman, "I greet you at the beginning of a brilliant career..." Though Emerson was never able to match this exuberance when it came to Whitman's poetry, these words have circulated broadly, giving Whitman the impress of authority before he actually found his audience.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Library of Congress: American Memory Project
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21 July 1855
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Letter
The Feinberg-Whitman Collection is the largest such collection of Whitman papers in existence.
Portrait of Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://www.bookadventurers.com/2011/07/ralph-waldo-emerson-a-bio/
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