Exposes as pure conjecture statements from journalists to the effect that Whitman celebrated the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, and demonstrates that Whitmanu27s response was, surprisingly, silence, arguing that the reason for Whitmanu27s lack of enthusiasm was his awareness that the bridge u22endangered a world in which he had made deep personal investments,u22 not the least of which was the enduring experience of crossing Brooklyn ferry in his poem, u22Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.u22
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