...Leaves of Grass," and John.Addingtou Symonds a Symonds. It explains why Emerson considered the book " the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet [in 1855] produced ; " why Thoreau thought all the sermons ever preached not equal to it for preaching...

...1851. "DEAR SIR: I am not blind to the worth of the wonderful gift of 'Leaves of Grass.' I find it the most extraordinary piece of •wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed. I am very happy in reading it, as great power makes us happy. It makes the demand I am ahvaymaking...

...handsomely bound in muslin. Price $1.25. WALT WHITMAN'S POEMS, Pronounced by Ralph Waldo Emerson to form " the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed." Price $1.25. LEAYES OE GKASS, OOISTTESISTTS. Proto-Leaf. Walt Whitman. CHANTS DEMOCRATIC and Native...

...until a letter from Emerson* appeared, expressing a deep sense of its power and magnitude. He termed it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed." The edition of about a thousand copies sold off in less than a year. Towards the end of 1856 a second...

..."confessedly loafing and writing poems." Although R. W. Emerson tells us gravely that the poet's " Leaves of Grass " are . " the most extraordinary piece...Philadelphia Vademecum said : " It is a convenient word, much needed in language, but without etymology." Many are the sources, on the other hand, from which...

..." confessedly loafing and writing poems." Although R. W. Emerson tells us gravely that the poet's " Leaves of Grass " are " the most extraordinary piece...Philadelphia Vademecum said: "It is a convenient word, much needed in language, but without etymology." Many are the sources, on the other hand, from which...

..."confessedly loafing and writing poems." Although E. W. Emerson tells us gravely that the poet's " Leaves of Grass" are "the most extraordinary piece...words, given the learned much trouble. The Philadelphia Vadonecum •KL: *•! *- 4 MRVBBBB- -wrat. anicfc itwdad in knrc&ge, bit VUTI- «^ T3x- -Himiuek....

..."confessedly loafing and writing poems." Although R. W. Emerson tells us gravely that the poet's " Leaves of Grass" are "the most extraordinary piece...better things of his nation. The term, common as it is, haa, like many other common words, gr»ea th« Itarned much trouble. The Philadelphia Vademecwn said:...

...the Promised Land of a new and distinctive American song. "It is," said Emerson of "Leaves of Grass," "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed." An able critic has written forcibly on the genius of this first important work of Whitman. " The plainness...

..."confessedly loafing and writing poems." Although R. W. Emerson tells us gravely that the poet's " Leaves of Grass " are " the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom tliat America has yet contributed," we believe better things of his nation. The term, common as it...