 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.  Studies in Philology - Pagina 771926Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1912 - 620 pagina’s
...appearance of Leaves of Grass: " 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 produced. I am happy in reading it, as great power makes us happy. ... I greet you at the beginning... | |
 | 1894 - 840 pagina’s
...Leaves of Grass," and John Addington 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;... | |
 | 1899 - 748 pagina’s
...for January, 1898.) : 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 In the Twilight of Love 1 am very happy in reading it, as great power makes us happy. It meets the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pagina’s
...July 21, 1855. 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...happy in reading it, as great power makes us happy. It meets the demand I am always making of what seems the sterile and stingy Nature, as if too much... | |
 | Henry Wallace - 1904 - 64 pagina’s
...Waldo Emerson, — who wrote, " 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 produced. I give you joy of your free and brave thought. I have great joy in it. I find incomparable... | |
 | Henry Bryan Binns - 1905 - 510 pagina’s
...21st July, 1855. "DEAB SIB, — 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...happy in reading it, as great power makes us happy. It meets the demand I am always making of what seems the sterile and stingy nature, as if too much... | |
 | CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE, PH. D. - 1905 - 778 pagina’s
...be quoted in full : — ' 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...happy in reading it, as great power makes us happy. It meets the demand I am always making of what seems the sterile and stingy Nature, as if too much... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1905 - 730 pagina’s
...be quoted in full : — ' 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...happy in reading it, as great power makes us happy. It meets the demand I am always making of what seems the sterile and stingy Nature, as if too much... | |
 | William Vaughn Moody, Robert Morss Lovett - 1905 - 550 pagina’s
...encouragement to the Concord essayist, so Emerson was almost alone in his greeting to the printer-poet. "I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed. ... I greet you at the beginning of a great career, which must have had a long foreground somewhere for such... | |
 | Bliss Perry - 1906 - 362 pagina’s
...July 21st, 1855. DEAE 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...happy in reading it, as great power makes us happy. It meets the demand I am always making of what seems the sterile and stingy Nature, as if too much... | |
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