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The old Professor was himself lured into it and loudest in his praise of Hedrick's realistic art; and I yet recall him at the orgie's height, excitedly repulsing the continued slurs and insinuations of the clammy-handed Sweeney, who, still contending against the old man's fulsome praise of his more fortunate rival, at last openly declared that Hedrick was NOT a poet, NOT a genius, and in no way worthy to be classed in the same breath with HIMSELF "the gifted but unfortunate SWEENEY, sir the unacknowledged author, sir 'y gad, sir! of the two poems that held you spellbound to-night!"

James Whitcomb Riley - Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 10