Walt Whitman, 1819-1892
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
"Unfolded Out of the Folds" by Walt Whitman
"A man is a great thing upon the earth, and through eternity -- but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman." So reads a line in the poem "Unfolded Out of the Folds" by Walt Whitman, who was born on this day in 1819 in West Hills, Long Island, New York. To read that poem in its entirety, click here.
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