The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
WALT WHITMANI do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.
More Walt Whitman Quotes
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Wisdom is not finally tested by the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass’d from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.
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A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking.
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And I will show of male and female that either is but the equal of the other.
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The smallest sprout shows there is really no death.
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The future is no more uncertain than the present.
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Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
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All the things of the universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any.
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I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
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I and this mystery, here we stand.
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A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
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All is procession; the universe is a procession with measured and beautiful motion.
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Where the earth is, we are.
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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
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I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.
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