Long enough have you dream’d contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life. -- Walt Whitman

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I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you. -- Walt Whitman

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And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles. -- Walt Whitman

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Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. -- Walt Whitman

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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. -- Walt Whitman

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These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me. -- Walt Whitman

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I am satisfied ... I see, dance, laugh, sing. -- Walt Whitman

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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you? -- Walt Whitman

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My words itch at your ears till you understand them. -- Walt Whitman

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And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my own, And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own, And that all the men ever born are also my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers, And that a kelson of the creation is love. -- Walt Whitman

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