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Beginners.

Part of the cluster LEAVES OF GRASS.

BEGINNERS.

How they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing  
 at intervals;) How dear and dreadful they are to the earth; How they inure to themselves as much as to any—  
 What a paradox appears, their age; How people respond to them, yet know them not; How there is something relentless in their fate, all  
 times; How all times mischoose the objects of their adulation  
 and reward, And how the same inexorable price must still be paid  
 for the same great purchase.

Part of the cluster LEAVES OF GRASS.

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