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What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many noble thoughts, loving wishes toward our fellows, beautiful imaginings thou hast crushed under thy heel, without remorse or pause!


Walt Whitman

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WALT WHITMAN I celebrate myself, and what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belon...
WALT WHITMAN Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?
WALT WHITMAN Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that Old Age may...
WALT WHITMAN Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling.
WALT WHITMAN In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single w...
WALT WHITMAN I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.
WALT WHITMAN Simplicity is the glory of expression
WALT WHITMAN Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name...
WALT WHITMAN The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul.
WALT WHITMAN The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very wel...
WALT WHITMAN Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in ...
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