When I give, I give myself.
Walt Whitman Quotes
Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between [people], and their beliefs -- in religion, literature, colleges and schools -- democracy in all public and private life....
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| Birth: | 31st May, 1819 |
| Death: | 26th March, 1892 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Essayist, Humanist, Journalist, Poet |
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