
Accept my best thanks for the beautiful copy of "Leaves of Grass."—What I love
about that book is that it is filled with the spirit of freedom. Every line is
manly, natural,
independent, self poised, and in each is a superb personality.
You have given the world the honest harvest of a great brain. You have stood straight, erect, and have kept your hat on.
There is no dust on your knees. I have taken the liberty to send you a copy of the last
edition of Prose Poems. The title was given to the collection by my friend the
publisher. So you will not hold me responsible for that. I think that you will like
the articles on Lincoln—Art and
Morality—life, and the imagination.
Of course you may not agree with all I say, but you have that splendid
thing—"Intellectual Hospitality"—and that is enough.
Again, thanking you for the splendid Book and wishing you many, many happy years—laurel-crowned—
I remain, yours always R. G. Ingersoll
