SD: A VISIT, AT THE LAST, TO R. W. EMERSON

It turns out that Walt Whitman was fortunate enough to have a slumber party at R. W. Emerson's house. United by a common love for ponds, Ralph and Walt have been inspiring people to take a walk through the wilderness ever since. The two buddies spent their time chatting and reading letters from Ralph's friend Henry Thoreau.




These three men have an incredibly positive influence on America. The only person missing from the party is Abraham Lincoln,  had he not been assasinated fifteen years prior I'm sure he would have participated as well.
Walt Whitman's close proximity to these men can be seen through out his poetry. Thoreau's revolutionary ideas of civil disobedience against a government that stops working for the people can be seen throughout Whitman's "A Song for Occupations", in passages such as:


"The sum of all known reverence I add up in you whoever you are,

The President is there in the White House for you, it is not you          who are here for him,

The Secretaries act in their bureaus for you, not you here for them,

The Congress convenes every Twelfth-month for you,

Laws, courts, the forming of States, the charters of cities, the
         going and coming of commerce and mails, are all for you." 


All three of these men are renounced for their unique literally contributions and a transcendental view of life and culture. There can never be enough people like Walt, Ralph and Henry.