The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 1


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demonstrations. Yet they stand in strikingly refreshing contrast with  
the vague generalisms and sharp personalities of the day. If deficient  
in warmth, they are also without the heat of partisanship. They are  
especially valuable as illustrating the great truth, too generally  
overlooked, that analytic power is a subordinate quality of the critic.  
On the whole, it may be considered certain that Mr. Poe has attained an  
individual eminence in our literature which he will keep. He has given  
proof of power and originality. He has done that which could only be  
done once with success or safety, and the imitation or repetition of  
which would produce weariness.  
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