Their Presidents shall not be their common referee so much as their poets shall. - Walt Whitman

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Their Presidents shall not be their common referee so much as their poets shall.

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About Walt Whitman

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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