Extract from Edgar Allan Poe’s Essay on the Literati of New York City, [before Jan. 1846] [Quote]

Mr. William Kirkland ... has written much for the magazines ... A valuable essay on “The Tyranny of Public Opinion in the United States,” (published in “The Columbian” for December, 1845,) demonstrates the truth of Jefferson’s assertion, that in this country, which has set the world an example of...

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