"At times it has been doubtful to me if Emerson really knows or feels what Poetry is at its highest, as in the Bible, for instance, or Homer or Shakspeare. I see he covertly or plainly likes best superb verbal polish, or something old or odd."
Democratic Vistas: And Other Papers (ed. 1888)
~Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 β March 26, 1892)
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