The Unsex'd Females: Note 1
In my opinion, the Author of "the Pursuits of Literature" has discovered, in his animated Satire, a
true poetical genius. And (as a writer, who had very little pretensions to that character himself,
observes) "a true poet is a public good." The satire in question, seems to have produced effects,
resembling those which distinguished the poetry of Greece and Rome. For I can assert, on the best
authorities, that many in this country, whose politics and even religion have been long wavering, are
now fixed in their principles by "the Pursuits of Literature."