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...of the very best of editors; and second, that the proprietors have allowed me to repub- lish so considerable an amount of copy. These nine worthies ha... ...l to his amiable but imperfect book, partly be- cause that book appears to me truly misleading both as to the character and the genius of Burns. This ... ...forts to do right; and the more I re- flected, the stranger it appeared to me that any thinking be- ing should feel otherwise. The complete letters sh... ... fault. The fault of each grinds down the hearts of those about him, and – let us not blink the truth – hurries both him and them into the grave. And ... ...of that rude, old, Norse nobility of soul, which saw virtue and vice alike go unrewarded, and was yet not shaken in its faith. WALT WHITMAN. – This is... ...one of my stature to one of Whitman’s. But the good and the great man will go on his way not vexed with my little shafts of merriment. He, first of an... ...at is feigned merely puts a sense upon what is; we do actually see a woman go behind a screen as Lady T eazle, and, after a certain interval, we do ac... ...ing any moral influence at all; but still Hugo is too much of an artist to let himself be ham- pered by his dogmas; and the truth is that the artistic... ...volu- tion of our complicated lives. This epical value is not to be found, let it be understood, in every so-called novel. The great majority are not ...

...rst, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of editors; and second, that the proprietors have allowed me to republish so considerable an amount of copy....