BIB_ID
458747
Accession number
MA 9826.4
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, sender.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 8.6 x 13 cm
Notes
Written on Universal Postal Union postcard, postmarked October 8, 1882.
Addressed to: Mrs. Gilchrist / Keans Corner, 12 Well Road / Hampstead, London / England
Text from Emerson's "The Divinity School Address" actually reads: "In this refulgent summer, it has been a luxury to draw the breath of life."
Addressed to: Mrs. Gilchrist / Keans Corner, 12 Well Road / Hampstead, London / England
Text from Emerson's "The Divinity School Address" actually reads: "In this refulgent summer, it has been a luxury to draw the breath of life."
Summary
Describing the last week of "perfect, sunny, fresh, yet mellow and rich, autumn weather"; inserting a paraphrased quote from Emerson, "'In this resplendent summer' began Emerson 25 years ago in an autumn lecture ["The Divinity School Address"], 'it has been a luxury merely to live'"; supposing Gilchrist has received the copies of "Specimen Days" he sent; saying he is as well as ever, and "reeling out my weeks and months about the same as ever"; closing with news that his books are selling quite well.
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