Because of the hundreds of Irish and American people looking for work not many jobs were needed to fill. ... From the nineteenth century Literature Criticism one essay by Charles A. Dana quotes, " His language is too frequently reckless and indecent, though this appears to arise frames native unconsciousness rather than from and impure mind" (Dana 535). ... Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism Vol.4. ... American Writers Vol. 5. 1997 Ed...

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America seemed to be both his home and inspiration. ... It was natural that Whitman, with his genius and metaphysical inclinations, should have drifted into journalism, a profession that could make some demands on his native endowments. ... To get a decent start, Whitman even went so far as to write complimentary unsigned reviews of his book which he had placed in the newspapers- "An American bard at last! ... States Emerson,"I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed". ... In short, it looks as though Whitman's haunting figure will remain a ...

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