Famous quotes containing the words whitman and/or show:
“Seas of bright juice suffuse heaven.
The earth by the sky staid with, the daily close of their junction,
The heavd challenge from the east that moment over my head,
The mocking taunt, See then whether you shall be master!”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)
“Our Indian said that he was a doctor, and could tell me some medicinal use for every plant I could show him ... proving himself as good as his word. According to his account, he had acquired such knowledge in his youth from a wise old Indian with whom he associated, and he lamented that the present generation of Indians had lost a great deal.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)