Keywords: Emerson's Letter to Whitman.jpg Letter to Walt Whitman dtd 21 July 1855 first Page I am not blind to the worth of the wonderful gift of Leaves of Grass I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed This image has been downloaded from the archives of the US Library of Congress at http //memory loc gov/mss/mcc/012/0001 jpg 1855-07-21 Ralph Waldo Emerson This image has been published in excess of one hundred years and is in the public domain Its use is permitted under US copyright law governing public domain properties PD-old 1855 letters 21 July Manuscript letters written messages Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Walt Whitman |