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“He didn’t strain after riches and power; his satisfaction came from knowing and possessing his own soul” SAY THAT 🗣️ (introduction by elisabeth panttaja brink)

this is one of the best things I’ve ever read.

I think if everyone committed themselves to a thorough study of “Song of Myself,” it would heal, like, 80% of our nation’s divisions.

“I resist anything better than my own diversity,
And breath the air and leave plenty after me,
And am not stuck up, and am in my place.”