A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

The beautiful uncut hair of graves.

The beautiful uncut hair of graves.

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or...

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or...

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

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

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

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of...

I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of...

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

In the faces of men and women I see God

In the faces of men and women I see God

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most...

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most...

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in...

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in...

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...