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Leaves of Grass (1871-72)
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UNFOLDED OUT OF THE FOLDS.
UNFOLDED out of the folds of the woman, man comes
unfolded, and is always to come unfolded;
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Unfolded only out of the superbest woman of the earth,
is to come the superbest man of the earth;
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Unfolded out of the friendliest woman, is to come the
friendliest man;
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Unfolded only out of the perfect body of a woman, can
a man be form'd of perfect body;
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Unfolded only out of the inimitable poem of the wo-
man can come the poems of man—(only thence
have my poems come;)
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Unfolded out of the strong and arrogant woman I love,
only thence can appear the strong and arrogant
man I love;
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Unfolded by brawny embraces from the well-muscled
woman I love, only thence come the brawny em-
braces of the man;
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Unfolded out of the folds of the woman's brain, come
all the folds of the man's brain, duly obedient;
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Unfolded out of the justice of the woman, all justice is
unfolded;
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Unfolded out of the sympathy of the woman is all sym-
pathy:
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A man is a great thing upon the earth, and through
eternity—but every jot of the greatness of man
is unfolded out of woman,
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First the man is shaped in the woman, he can then be
shaped in himself.
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