Walt Whitman Quotes

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• And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And I will show that whatever…
• O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.
• Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.
• This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage, snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
• To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
• The city sleeps and the country sleeps, the living sleep for their time, the dead sleep for their time, the old husband sleeps by his…
• What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many noble thoughts, loving wishes toward…
• I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long.
• Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.
• To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the waves - the ships, with…
• All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
• What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words.
• As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances.
• In nothing is there more evolution than the American mind.
• To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals and the unimpeachable of the sentiment of trees in the…
• I speak the password primeval; I give the sign of democracy.
• O America! Because you build for mankind I build for you.
• Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful stroke!
• Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything.
• I like the scientific spirit-the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when the evidence is against them:…

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