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Walt Whitman · Leaves of Grass

Poem 171 of 382 · Drum-Taps

Race of Veterans

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Race of veterans--race of victors! Race of the soil, ready for conflict--race of the conquering march! (No more credulity’s race, abiding-temper’d race,) Race henceforth owning no law but the law of itself, Race of passion and the storm.

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