 Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am goodfortune, Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need...  Leaves of Grass - Page 115by Walt Whitman - 1897 - 446 pagesFull view - About this book
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...road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,...criticisms. Strong and content I travel the open road." One need search no further for Walt Whitman's philosophy of life for in these seven lines we find it... | |
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...it ; but here, in the meantime, is the world under our feet, a very warm and habitable corner. ' ' The earth, that is sufficient ; I do not want the constellations any nearer," he remarks. And again : " Let your soul stand cool and composed," says he, " before a million universes."... | |
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