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Walt Whitman1819–1892

Poetry (like a grand personality) is a growth of many generations — many rare combinations.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

Walt Whitman on poetry

Complete Prose Works (1892), III. Notes Left Over 3. Ventures, on an Old Theme, p.324

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