I say no man has ever yet been half devout enough, None has ever yet adored or worshiped half enough, None has begun to think how divine he himself is, and how certain the future is.
Walt Whitman Quotes
One thing about Thoreau keeps him very near to me. I refer to his lawlessness – his dissent – his going his absolute own road, let hell blaze all it chooses.
I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again, look for me under your boot-soles.
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.
Sail, sail thy best, ship of Democracy, Of value is thy freight, ’tis not the Present only, The Past is also stored in thee, Thou holdest not the venture of thyself alone, not of the Western continent alone, Earth’s resume entire floats on thy keel O ship, is steadied by thy spars, With thee Time […]
Many a good man I have seen go under.
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)
I expect to see the day when the like of the present personnel of the governments, Federal, State, municipal, military, and naval, will be look’d upon with derision, and when qualified mechanics and young men will reach Congress and other official stations, sent in their working costumes, fresh from their benches and tools, and returning […]
A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.
There was a child went forth everyday, And the first object he looked upon and received with wonder or pity or dread, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day… or for many years or stretching cycles of years.
