his attitude in it toward formal religion, 140; his vision of the inner verity of religion, 145; his poetic disclosure of faith, 146; his conception of the function of the poet, 149; publication of _Conversations_, 150; marriage to Maria White, 150; goes to Philadelphia, 152; undertakes work on the _Pennsylvania Freeman_, 152; writes of his daily life to Carter, 152-155; proposes to contribute to the _Broadway Journal_, 157; sends a “letter to Matthew Trueman,” 158; which is declined, 159; sends poems and criticisms, 160; writes for _Graham’s Magazine_, 161; writes a sketch of Poe, 162; comments on Poe, 163-167; breathes the air of anti-slavery, 168; sends stanzas to _Boston Courier_, 168; his articles in _Pennsylvania Freeman_, 169, 173; visits the Davis family, 173; returns to Cambridge, 173; writes his verses _On the Capture of Fugitive Slaves near Washington_, 174; his attitude toward disunion, 175; becomes distinctly a man of letters, 176; he and Mrs. Lowell fall heirs to property, 177; his indifference to wealth, 177 and note; proposes a sojourn abroad, 178; birth of his first born, 178; his reflections before her birth, 179; contributions to _Liberty Bell_, 180; writes to Briggs about Blanche, 181; studies French, 182; discusses the suppression of Longfellow’s “Poems on Slavery,” 183, 184; his views on the education of Blanche, 185; contributes to the _London Daily News_, 186; his judgment of Garrison, 187-190; writes _Lines on the Death of Charles Turner Torrey_, 191; becomes a contributor to the _National Anti-Slavery Standard_, 193; writes to S. H. Gay on his proposed close connection with that journal, 194-200; writes his first _Biglow Paper_, 201; contributes a paper to _Standard_ on Daniel Webster, 201; becomes “corresponding editor” of the _Standard_, 202; his salary for this, 202; his _Ode to France_ his first regular contribution, 204; his article on _The French Revolution of 1848_, 204; continues the discussion, 205; his verses _To Lamartine_, 206; writes an article _Shall we ever be Republicans_, 207; his conceit of _The Sacred Parasol_, 209; the reënforcement he brought to the Anti-slavery camp, 211; is doubtful about his service, 212; writes on _The Nominations for the Presidency_, 213; writes _An Imaginary Conversation_, 215; his comment on Jefferson, 218, note; his interest in public men, 219; especially in Webster, 220; his articles on this statesman, 220-227; the poems he contributed to the _Standard_, 227, 228; his relations to the anti-slavery leaders, 228-232; accepts a modification of his connection with the _Standard_, 233; close of his engagement, 234; the part he had played, 235, 236; the worth his connection had been to him, 236; his charity toward friends and opponents, 237; begins on _A Fable for Critics_, 238; sends specimens to Briggs, 239;