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About 1862. Mathew Brady, New York. Saunders #16. Courtesy Alderman
Library, University of Virginia. Whitman
described this photo as having "a sort of Moses in the burning
bush look." Talking about this photo in 1888, Whitman said,
"Somebody used to say I sometimes wore the face of a man who
was sorry for the world. Is this my sorry face? I am not
sorry--I am glad--for the world." "This picture was much
better when it was taken--it has faded out," Whitman noted; "I
always rather favored it." In an 1863 notebook, Whitman records
receiving photos from Brady.
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