To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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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...

Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.

Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.

When I give, I give myself.

When I give, I give myself.

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.

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...

Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having...

Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having...

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.

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...

I accept reality and dare not question it.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

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

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

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else...

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else...

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

We convince by our presence.

We convince by our presence.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

Bragging only means you're not used to having it.

Bragging only means you're not used to having it.

You can't tell someone that you're good at something without sounding like you're bragging.

You can't tell someone that you're good at something without sounding like you're bragging.