Originally published as a series in the Galaxy, it began as a reply to Thomas Carlyle's "Shooting Niagara:
It discusses the importance of finding an original "SOUL" and bemoans the "scornful litterateurs" of the day. Originally published as a series in the Galaxy, it began as a reply to Thomas Carlyle's "Shooting Niagara: And After?," [*] and although it ended up recapitulating much of the latter's pessimism, its author seems to recapture some of his trademark faith in humanity when he asserts that the ascension of the modern poet alongside a government of the people for the people, "with all its threatened evils, supplies a training ground for first class men." FTP identify this essay that was released in the same year that "Passage to India" was added to the new edition of Leaves of Grass, a philosophical work about the American political system written by Whitman.
It discusses the importance of finding an original "SOUL" and bemoans the "scornful litterateurs" of the day.
{Democratic Vistas}