I refuse putting from me the best that I am.
("Leaves of Grass")
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Clear and sweet is my soul, clear and sweet is all that is not my soul.
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O to be self-balanced for contingencies, To confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs as the trees and the animals do.
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I wear my hat as I please, indoors or out.
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There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.
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