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By writing at the instant, the very heartbeat of life is caught.

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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I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
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And a summit and flower there is the feeling they have for each other, And they are to branch boundlessly out of that lesson until it becomes omnific, And until one and all shall delight us, and we them.
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A simple separate person is not contained between his hat and his boots.
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The female that loves unrequited sleeps, And the male that loves unrequited sleeps, The head of the money-maker that plotted all day sleeps, And the enraged and treacherous dispositions, all, all sleep.
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O to speed where there is space enough and air enough at last!
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Long have you timidly waded Holding a plank by the shore, Now I will you to be a bold swimmer, To jump off in the midst of the sea, Rise again, nod to me, shout, And laughingly dash with your hair.
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I dance with the dancers.
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The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a part of human institutions.
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I will You, in all, Myself, with promise to never desert you, To which I sign my name.
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My words itch at your ears till you understand them
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I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.
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I have no mockings or arguments I witness and wait.
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The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
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From this hour, freedom! Going where I like, my own master.
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The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night, Ya-honk! he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation: The pert may suppose it meaningless, but I listen closer, I find its purpose and place up there toward the November sky.
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Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only. Reckless O soul, exploring. I with thee and thou with me. For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared go. And we will risk the ship, ourselves, and all.
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Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.
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Without enough wilderness America will change. Democracy, with its myriad personalities and increasing sophistication, must be fibred and vitalized by regular contact with outdoor growths - animals, trees, sun warmth and free skies - or it will dwindle and pale.
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Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.
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