All truths wait in all things, They neither hasten their ow… - Walt Whitman

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All truths wait in all things,
They neither hasten their own delivery nor resist it,
They do not need the obstetric forceps of the surgeon,
The insignificant is as big to me as any,
(What is less or more than a touch?)
Logic and sermons never convince,
The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul.

Walt Whitman

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Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American journalist and poet, most famous for his lifelong work on his book Leaves of Grass.

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Logic and sermons never convince,
The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul.

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The earth recedes from me into the night, I saw that it was beautiful . . . . and I see that what is not the earth is beautiful.

Youth, large, lusty, loving—Youth, full of grace, force, fascination!
Do you know that Old Age may come after you, with equal grace, force, fascination?

And your very flesh shall be a great poem

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