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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women, If it be a few ragged huts… — Walt Whitman

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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women, If it be a few ragged huts it is still the greatest city in the whole world.

Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass · 1867
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1867
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Walt Whitman
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Whitman, Walt. "Song of the Broad-Axe." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, sect. 4.
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Whitman, Walt. "Song of the Broad-Axe." Leaves of Grass. Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1881-82, sect. 4.

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