“I well know, how the gist of this fiercest and most resolute of the…” — Walt Whitman

“I well know, how the gist of this fiercest and most resolute of the world's war-like contentions resided exclusively in the unnamed, unknown rank and file.”

Shifting the meaning of war from leaders to ordinary participants · Essay, Democratic Vistas

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Walt Whitman

About Walt Whitman

31 May 1819–26 March 1892

Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, in a modest farmhouse in West Hills, on Long Island, New York, into a working-class family that embodied the restless energy and struggles of early America. He was the second of nine children born to Walter Whitman, a carpenter and farmer of English descent who wrestled with…

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