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James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 30: Appearance—manners—habits. (search)
it. He said he had written verses himself, but was no poet; and bursting into a prolonged peal of laughter, he added, that when he and Park Benjamin were editing the New Yorker, he wrote some verses for insertion in that paper, and showed them to Park, and Park roared out, Thunder and lightning, Greeley, do you call that poetry? Speaking of a certain well-known versifier, he said: He's a good fellow enough, but he can't write poetry, and if——had remained in Boston he would have killed him, hePark roared out, Thunder and lightning, Greeley, do you call that poetry? Speaking of a certain well-known versifier, he said: He's a good fellow enough, but he can't write poetry, and if——had remained in Boston he would have killed him, he takes criticism so hard. As for me, I like a little opposition, I enjoy it, I can't understand the feeling of those thin-skinned people. I said I had been looking to see what books he preferred should lie on his table. I don't prefer, he said, I read no books. I have been trying for years to get a chance to read Wilhelm Meister, and other books. Was Goethe a dissolute man? To which I replied with a sweeping negative. This led the conversation to biography, and he remarked, How many