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 United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

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

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

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

When I give, I give myself.

When I give, I give myself.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

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...

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...

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you...

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you...

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

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

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

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.

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...

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

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...

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.