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There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

Source: Leaves of Grass, Preface, 1855.
-- Walt Whitman, (May 31 1819-1892), US poet; His innovative use of free verse in Leaves of Grass, 1855 inspired a generation of poets.


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