". . . But it is worth while at least to point out that in the treatment of every
contributor the real interests of editor and writer are absolutely the same,
and any antagonism is merely traditional, like the supposed hostility between
France and England, or between England and Slavery . . ."
". . . It is no discredit to Walt Whitman that he wrote "Leaves of Grass,"
only that he did not burn it afterwards . . ."
"THE war brought to some of us, besides its direct experiences, many a
strange fulfillment of dreams of other days. For instance, the present writer
had been a faithful student of the Scottish ballads, and had always envied Sir
Walter the delight of tracing them out amid their own heather, and of writing
them down piecemeal from the lips of aged crones. It was a strange enjoyment,
therefore, to be suddenly brought into the midst of a kindred world of
unwritten songs, as simple and indigenous as the Border Minstrelsy, . . ."
"We say that the clergy are the appointed guardians of the public
morals. Yet what clergyman in preaching a funeral discourse over an
eminent or opulent parishioner, ever admits that he had a vice?. . . ."
". . . What I wish to point out is that the tendency of this and almost
all pension legislation now under discussion leads logically up to
something that has never yet been proposed, so far as I know—a service
pension for all women employed during the war as hospital nurses or in
the Sanitary Commission. . . ."
". . . It has been the curious experience of Walt Whitman to find his
inspiration almost wholly in his own country, and his admirers almost
wholly in another. . . ."
Higginson's "Letter to a Young Contributor"
"Men and Women. War Pensions for Women"
"WALT WHITMAN. His Death on Saturday Evening--His Life and Literary Place."