Excerpt from Gail Hamilton's Life in Letters, Vol. 2: Edited by H. Augusta Dodge MY dear mr. Wood: Your letter of June 4 and the Good Gray Poet came safely and duly. Both I read with interest; but I know nothing of Mr. Whitman's writings, and am not therefore prepared to judge of the justice Of Mr. O'connor's opinions. Certainly he writes with force and fervor, and with a confidence in fact and in the future, which must insure him happiness in the present. He who feels the future Law The baffled present may endure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.