human
As soon as I can afford it I intend to establish a home in New York.
gpt
I'd go further, he replied.
human
I would live in Italy if I could.
gpt
What is the reason for this literary sterility? I asked of my companions.
human
Why should not these powerful cities produce authors? Boston, when she had less than three hundred thousands citizens had Lowell, Longfellow, Emerson and Holmes.
gpt
Because there are few supporters of workers in the fine arts. Western men do not think in terms of art. There are no literary periodicals in these cities to invite (and pay for) the work of the author and the illustrator, and there is moreover a tendency on the part of our builders to give the eastern sculptor, painter or architect the jobs which might be done by local men. Until Chicago has at least one magazine founded like a university, and publishing houses like Scribners and Macmillans our authors and artists must go to New York.
human
Chicago suits me, he asserted,