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I wear my hat as I please, indoors or out.

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Walt Whitman
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: May 31
Died: 1892
Died: March 26
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West Hills
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Walter Whitman
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Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
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