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A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman.

Walt Whitman

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Walt Whitman
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: May 31
Died: 1892
Died: March 26
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Walter Whitman
Earth
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Men
Greatness
Eternity
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Woman

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