Date: August 31, 1837
"But they can only highly serve us, when they aim not to drill, but to create; when they gather from far every ray of various genius to their hospitable halls, and, by the concentrated fires, set the hearts of their youth on flame."
preview | full record— Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
Date: 1845
"Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, / Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before."
preview | full record— Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)