Walt Whitman

Damn all expurgated books; the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Damn all expurgated books; the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

The jour printer with gray head and gaunt jaws works at his case,
He turns his quid of tobacco, read more

The jour printer with gray head and gaunt jaws works at his case,
He turns his quid of tobacco, while his eyes blur with the
manuscript.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

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

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

Where the katydid works her chromatic reed on the walnut-tree
over the well.

Where the katydid works her chromatic reed on the walnut-tree
over the well.