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Leaves of Grass (1881-82)
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THIS DUST WAS ONCE THE MAN.
| THIS dust was once the man, |
| Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand, |
| Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, |
| Was saved the Union of these States. |
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