Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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

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

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

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...

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.

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

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

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

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

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual

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...

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

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...

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

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...

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

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...

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain...

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain...