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To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#every #hour #me #miracle #night

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#conqueror #ever #exterior #i #life

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#behind #bigots #fools #front #go

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#faults #forgiven #him #may #perfect

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

#few #great #great city #greatest #greatest city

To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds. ↗

— John Greenleaf Whittier

#death #life #new #old #proceeds

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. ↗

— Charlotte Whitton

#difference #how #use