Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman

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TO the young man, many things to absorb, to engraft,
to develop, I teach, to help him become lve of
mine,

But if blood like mine circle not in his veins,

If he be not silently selected by lovers, and do not
silently select lovers,

Of what use is it that he seek to become élève of
mine?

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