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en-wikipedia-org-4764		John Greenleaf Whittier - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	4933	558	70	Whittier received the first substantial public praise for his work from critic John Neal via Neal's magazine The Yankee in 1828.[7] Whittier valued the opinion of the older and more established writer, pledging that if Neal did not like his writing, "I will quit poetry, and everything also of a literary nature, for I am sick at heart of the business."[8] In an 1829 letter, Neal told Whittier to "Persevere, and I am sure you will have your reward in every way."[9] Reading Neal's 1828 novel Rachel Dyer inspired Whittier to weave New England witchcraft lore into his own stories and poems.[10] a powerful influence."[18] Whittier also unsuccessfully encouraged Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to join the party.[19] He took editing jobs with the Middlesex Standard in Lowell, Massachusetts, and the Essex Transcript in Amesbury until 1844.[13] While in Lowell, he met Lucy Larcom, who became a lifelong friend.[20]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4764.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4764.txt