. Daniel Ricketson and his friends; letters, poems, sketches, ndwhich Lowell, if my memory serves me rightly, aseditor, took the liberty of criticising. My use of theword critique led you to suppose, and very justly, asubsequent production. Our dear Thoreau stands now far beyond anyreproach, and the unfair words said before or sincehis heroic life and death, are harmless ripples on thesmooth surface of his fair name and fame. My daughter, who now in winter resides in Con-cord, and knew Thoreau and his sister Sophia well,was much pleased with your article in Lippincott,and took it with he
. Daniel Ricketson and his friends; letters, poems, sketches, ndwhich Lowell, if my memory serves me rightly, aseditor, took the liberty of criticising. My use of theword critique led you to suppose, and very justly, asubsequent production. Our dear Thoreau stands now far beyond anyreproach, and the unfair words said before or sincehis heroic life and death, are harmless ripples on thesmooth surface of his fair name and fame. My daughter, who now in winter resides in Con-cord, and knew Thoreau and his sister Sophia well,was much pleased with your article in Lippincott,and took it with her to her seashore summer home,to read to her brother and other friends. We all meet with our rebuffs, but time makesall things even, and the great problem of our exist-ence remains to be solved. With abiding faith in Divine wisdom and good-ness, I remain, Yours very truly, Danl Ricketson. P. S. In a letter I have lately received from myfriend Whittier, he says, I am calmly waitingmy call. He is in his eighty-fourth year. XI EXTRACTS FROM DANIEL RICKETSONS JOURNAL.
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