Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.
Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.


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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots,...
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There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.
WALT WHITMAN
Do I contradict myself? Very well thenI contradict myselfI am large, I contain multitudes.
WALT WHITMAN
To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
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I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms
WALT WHITMAN
The future is no more uncertain than the present
WALT WHITMAN
He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes be...
WALT WHITMAN
If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.
WALT WHITMAN
Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.
WALT WHITMAN
Oh captain my captain
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We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of...
WALT WHITMAN
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and loo...
WALT WHITMAN
We were together. I forget the rest.
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Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.
WALT WHITMAN
It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical ...
WALT WHITMAN
When I give, I give myself
WALT WHITMAN
Shut not your doors to me proud libraries.
WALT WHITMAN
I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise,
Regardless of others, ever regardful...
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Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep w...
WALT WHITMAN
If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.
WALT WHITMAN
Peace is always beautiful.
WALT WHITMAN
I exist as I am, that is enough,
If no other in the world be aware I sit content,
And if...
WALT WHITMAN
I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.
WALT WHITMAN
I am large, I contain multitudes
WALT WHITMAN
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes.
WALT WHITMAN
Behind this face that appears so impassive Hell's tides continually run
WALT WHITMAN
Seeing, hearing and feeling are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.
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Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless - each of us with his or her right upon the earth; Each ...
WALT WHITMAN
Many a good man I have seen go under.
WALT WHITMAN
These are the days that must happen to you.
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I celebrate myself, and what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belon...
WALT WHITMAN
Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?
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Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that Old Age may...
WALT WHITMAN
Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling.
WALT WHITMAN
In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single w...
WALT WHITMAN
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.
WALT WHITMAN
Simplicity is the glory of expression
WALT WHITMAN
Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name...
WALT WHITMAN
The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul.
WALT WHITMAN
The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very wel...
WALT WHITMAN
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in ...
WALT WHITMAN
Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only. Reckless O soul, exploring. I with thee and thou with me...
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