The Mother of all
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| The sense of the mother |
| of all— |
| —of a grand ^Nationality of nationality, one but composite |
| & multiform members, |
| on common grounds |
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| The mar fusion & |
| solution of all the |
| ☞ modern forces, intensities, |
| ardent physical & intel- |
| ☞ lectual activities, in |
| a sane agricultural |
| Nature, and in ?employments |
| & trades— |
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Date
- These notes were drafted between August 1, 1871, when Whitman received an invitation to deliver a poem at the opening of the American Institute's fortieth National Industrial Exhibition in New York City, and September 7, 1871, when he delivered the poem.
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Editorial note
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"After All Not to Create Only" was published on September 7, 1871 in a variety of large newspapers and later that year as a booklet. The poem was ultimately titled "Song of the Exposition."
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Location
- After All, Not to Create Only (1871). Manuscript Drafts and Notes. | The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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