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I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware, I sit content, And if each and all be aware, I sit content.

Walt Whitman

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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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