Tag: Walt Whitman
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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
Walt Whitman
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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
Walt Whitman
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A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
Walt Whitman
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Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
Walt Whitman
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
Walt Whitman
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
Walt Whitman
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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.
Walt Whitman
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He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.
Walt Whitman
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There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
Walt Whitman
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There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.
Walt Whitman