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  My dear Whitman,

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   letter f'm R G Ingersoll June 16 1890