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Spinal idea of a Lesson

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  • Title: Spinal idea of a Lesson
  • Date: Between 1850 and 1860
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: duk.00134
  • Source: Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Transcribed from digital images of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Editorial note: At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.
  • Contributors to digital file: Ashlyn Stewart Kevin McMullen
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "Spinal idea of a Lesson." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: duk.00134.xml (TEI)

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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
[begin surface 1] ? Spinal idea of a "Lesson" Founding a new American Religion (? No Religion)

That which is comprehensive enough to include all the Doctrines & Sects—and give them all places and chances, each after its kind.—

[begin surface 2]
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