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Leaves of Grass
1867
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Race of Veterans
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RACE OF VETERANS.
R
ACE
of veterans!
Race of the soil, ready for conflict! race of the conquering
march!
(No more credulity's race, abiding-temper'd race;)
Race owning no law but the law of itself;
Race of passion and the storm.
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