Literary Acquaintances Edgar Allan Poe 。Villiam Cullen Bryant ●Amos Bronson Alcott ●Henry David Thoreau Emerson:Emerson helped Whitman to "find himself:I was simmering(煨，炖)， simmering;Emerson brought ne to a boil.”Literary Acquaintances l Edgar Allan Poe l William Cullen Bryant l Amos Bronson Alcott l Henry David Thoreau l Emerson: Emerson helped Whitman to “find himself”: “I was simmering(煨，炖), simmering; Emerson brought me to a boil