“Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions.”

—  Margaret Fuller

"A Short Essay on Critics" in Art, Literature and the Drama (1858).

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American feminist, poet, author, and activist 1810–1850

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