The life of Edgar Allan Poe .. . j>l^?^t) ^^s?1-l ^l-l ?i^^:.iiii^ ^X/^^. 15 ? ^vr>5 v^ I ?l-^ u i-^®f dAH^^,i^ THE STYLUS. 119 What harshness or unsympathetic receptionattended his sanguine expectations was neverdefinitely known, even by his co-laborer, That he did not receive the welcome atthe hands of President Tyler that he had rea-sonably anticipated, is certain, and there is littlereason to doubt that his failure to secure the in-fluential support so essential to his material suc-cess was mainly due to the jealous, unappreciativeatmosphere of the polidcians amon
The life of Edgar Allan Poe .. . j>l^?^t) ^^s?1-l ^l-l ?i^^:.iiii^ ^X/^^. 15 ? ^vr>5 v^ I ?l-^ u i-^®f dAH^^,i^ THE STYLUS. 119 What harshness or unsympathetic receptionattended his sanguine expectations was neverdefinitely known, even by his co-laborer, That he did not receive the welcome atthe hands of President Tyler that he had rea-sonably anticipated, is certain, and there is littlereason to doubt that his failure to secure the in-fluential support so essential to his material suc-cess was mainly due to the jealous, unappreciativeatmosphere of the polidcians among whom hevainly worked. The spheres of literature andpolitics were at that era more antagonistic eventhan in the present time; and his delicate, sensi-tive nature was called upon to receive rebuffswhich only the horny hide of the hack politicianis fitted to bear with equanimity. In his endeavor to stem the tide of conflictingcircumstances, the poet, forced in Rome to be aRoman, committed his characteristically fatalmistake in trusting to a strength which he did notpossess,
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