id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 34417 Ingersoll, Robert Green Walt Whitman: An Address .txt text/plain 12984 791 82 poetic thought, as Colonel Ingersoll described him, young and old, men slavery, or any kind or form of injustice, to produce a great poet. man, born within the sound of the sea, gave to the world a book, message to the world--full of thought, philosophy, poetry and music. to examine this book and to state, in a general way, what Walt Whitman If I were to edit the great books of the world, I might leave out some Walt Whitman had the courage to express his thought--the candor to tell The great poets have sympathized with the people. Walt Whitman utters the elemental truths and is the poet of democracy. Walt Whitman is the poet of Individuality--the defender of the rights The great poetry of the world keeps time with the winds and the waves. It is a great thing to preach philosophy--far greater to live it. ./cache/34417.txt ./txt/34417.txt