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Praised be the fathomless universe, for life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious.

Walt Whitman

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Walt Whitman
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: May 31
Died: 1892
Died: March 26
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Do you see O my brothers and sisters? It is not chaos or death, it is form, union, plan, it is eternal life, it is happiness.
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I accept reality and dare not question it.
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I say you shall yet find the friend you were looking for.
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All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
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O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. The ship has weather'd every wrack The prize we sought is won The port is near, the bells I hear The people all exulting While follow eyes, the steady keel The vessel grim and daring But Heart! Heart! Heart! O the bleeding drops of red Where on the deck my captain lies Fallen cold and dead.
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This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me
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Do anything, but let it produce joy.
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Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life
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Over all the sky - the sky! Far, far out of reach, studded with eternal stars.
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storming, enjoying, planning, loving, cautioning, Backing and filling, appearing and disappearing, I tread day and night such roads.
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
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I am an acme of things accomplished, and I an encloser of things to be.
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Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.
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I dance with the dancers.
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This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people.
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There's a man in the world who is never turned down, whatever he chances to stray he gets the glad hand in the populous town, or out where the farmers makes hay he's greeted with pleasure on deserts of sand, and deep in the aisles of the woods wherever he goes there's a welcoming hand-he's the man who delivers the goods.
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I henceforth tread the world, chaste, temperate, an early riser, a steady grower.
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I do not seek good fortune - I am good fortune!
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I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law Will you give me yourself?
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Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
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