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Without important exception, her friends have generously placed at the disposal of the Editors any poems they had received from her; and these have given the obvious advantage of comparison among several renderings of the same verse. To what further rigorous pruning her verses would have been subjected had she published them herself, we cannot know. WITHOUT IMPORTANT EXCEPTION HER FRIENDS HAVE GENEROUSLY PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE EDITORS ANY POEMS THEY HAD RECEIVED FROM HER AND THESE HAVE GIVEN THE OBVIOUS ADVANTAGE OF COMPARISON AMONG SEVERAL RENDERINGS OF THE SAME VERSE TO WHAT FURTHER RIGOROUS PRUNING HER VERSES WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED HAD SHE PUBLISHED THEM HERSELF WE CANNOT KNOW
utlive you, I wish you would make me your literary legatee and executor. Surely after you are what is called "dead" you will be willing that the poor ghosts you have left behind should be cheered and pleased by your verses, will you not? You ought to be. I do not think we have a right to withhold from the world a word or a thought any more than a deed which might help a single soul. . . . Truly yours, HELEN JACKSON. The "portfolios" were found, shortly after Emily Dickinson's death, by her sister and only surviving housemate. Most of the poems had been carefully copied on sheets of note-paper, and tied in little fascicules, each of six or eight sheets. While many of them bear evidence of having been thrown off at white heat, still more had received thoughtful revision. There is the frequent addition of rather perplexing foot-notes, affording large choice of words and phrases. And in the copies which she sent to friends, sometimes one form, sometimes another, is found to have been used.  SHOULD HAPPEN AS THAT I SHOULD OUTLIVE YOU I WISH YOU WOULD MAKE ME YOUR LITERARY LEGATEE AND EXECUTOR SURELY AFTER YOU ARE WHAT IS CALLED DEAD YOU WILL BE WILLING THAT THE POOR GHOSTS YOU HAVE LEFT BEHIND SHOULD BE CHEERED AND PLEASED BY YOUR VERSES WILL YOU NOT YOU OUGHT TO BE I DO NOT THINK WE HAVE A RIGHT TO WITHHOLD FROM THE WORLD A WORD OR A THOUGHT ANY MORE THAN A DEED WHICH MIGHT HELP A SINGLE SOUL TRULY YOURS HELEN JACKSON THE PORTFOLIOS WERE FOUND SHORTLY AFTER EMILY DICKINSON'S DEATH BY HER SISTER AND ONLY SURVIVING HOUSEMATE MOST OF THE POEMS HAD BEEN CAREFULLY COPIED ON SHEETS OF NOTE PAPER AND TIED IN LITTLE FASCICULES EACH OF SIX OR EIGHT SHEETS WHILE MANY OF THEM BEAR EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN THROWN OFF AT WHITE HEAT STILL MORE HAD RECEIVED THOUGHTFUL REVISION THERE IS THE FREQUENT ADDITION OF RATHER PERPLEXING FOOTNOTES AFFORDING LARGE CHOICE OF WORDS AND PHRASES AND IN THE COPIES WHICH SHE SENT TO FRIENDS SOMETIMES ONE FORM SOMETIMES ANOTHER IS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN USED
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