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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ↗

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

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In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#each #happy #other #single #single word

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#authors #best #churches #colleges #common

The future is no more uncertain than the present. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#more #present #than #uncertain

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best. ↗