| Textual Feature | Appearance |
|---|---|
| Whitman's hand | blue double overline and underline |
| Highlighting | yellow background with top and bottom border |
| Paste-on | gray box with black borders |
| Laid in | white box with black borders |
| Erasure | white text with dark gray background |
| Overwritten | brown with strikethrough |
names of Gods, sect and prophets
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"Hermes (Mercury) the god of science
? Zoroaster, ^Bunsen 3000 B.C.—some
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(Volney)
Menu—
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^Young Bacchus, the clandestine ^(nocturnal) son of the virgin Minerva, whose life and even death, bring to mind those of Christ—and