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Quotation from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you”
Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself, §1
Whitman opens Song of Myself by joining self-celebration to shared bodily and democratic identity.
Citation: "I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you" — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself, §1. (id leaves-of-grass-q1)
Portrait: Walt Whitman - George Collins Cox, George Collins Cox / Adam Cuerden, Public domain.
