Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-01-09


printing a letter II praise he had re.
,CiNed from Emerson.
The poet was pleased. and naturally
used the letter because he needed just
such support II was the sort OF APP.
probation he then was most In need
OF
Whitmans biographer Isaac Hull
Piatt-Small. Maynard a Coz. says Of
this: 1t Is not to be wondered at
that the young poet should have been
Clatoi at the receipt Of such a letter
hut az that time he was accused OF
betraying confidence In publishing
Uis letter This appears like rank
nonsense A letter--in regard to
matter Of public interest Is not usual.
ly re.arded as a private letter. Before
Whitman allowed the letter to be pub.
lished, he showed II to Charles 4.
lana, who was friend OF Emerson
as well as OF whitman: and he not
only advised. but urged the latter to
publish it,
What Of more concern to the public
than reference to a mans ability,
character or work? And any man
who writes to another In ID. aise of
him, is not man OF good sense II he
does not know that the recipient has
every right TO use his letter when oc.
casion requires The minute a letter
t. dropped into the postollice II belongs
to the addressee not TO the addressor.
Men, Of course, may change In their
opinion OF man, and amend state.
ment previously made, but they can.
not yitiate what even they themselves
nave written.
Swlnburne from extreme praise OF
Whitman descended to curses; but ev.
oryDody knew that IL was due to per.
sOnal feeling and not to reversal Of
Judgment. lie had said what ne
thought OF the man: IL was written,
and only Swinburne suffered from the
pyrOtochnic explosions that came later.
The episode of Emersons letter
came from a class who knew nothing
,sOtistic, was extremely just lie rec.
O,,nlzed his own abilities better than
the mass he wrote for. and as ade-
Quately as we have come to recognize
tEem.
From time to time we see stray
bit Ia the papers stating that such
aud such q reporter betrayed n con.
DIsADe IN puDlisnlng an interview
with An and ThIs 10 "a
Seriest Dosh. What fool would tell
a reporter anything he waited kept a
secret! IL is only a way some men
nave OF trying to cover up their vanity.
a dian tax for publication" he says
tEe next day, when he talked for that
cypress purpose. Or they express great
indignation over tne appearance OF
tBeir names In book or paper, giving
tue Impression that they are tired OF
ydDiIC nUtlCe.
Were they wise like Franklin, and
thousands Of others, they would ack.
nowieuge that they like the praise of
men, and they would get It. For a dis
corning man knows well that all the
uear people have down deep some.
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