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It is a great word, whose history, I suppose, remains unwritten, because that history… — Walt Whitman

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It is a great word, whose history, I suppose, remains unwritten, because that history has yet to be enacted.

Walt Whitman
Democratic Vistas · 1871
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On democracy.

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Topic
Democracy
Genre
Political literature
Time
1871
Person
Walt Whitman
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Current citation
Whitman, Walt. Democratic Vistas, edited by Ed Folsom. University Of Iowa Press, 2009.
Original citation
Whitman, Walt. Democratic Vistas. Washington D.C.: J. S. Redfield, 1871.

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