It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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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

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon...

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon...

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

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

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

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

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

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

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 know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the...

I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the...

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about...

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about...

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

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...

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

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

An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of...

An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of...

The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and...

The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and...