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Cities were explored by my enterprise; and the mouldy volumes which for years had lain undisturbed, were

valueless were all the immense stores of learning I had acquired.

With some they were narrow and contracted, making the temple appear insignificant and mean.

Many of the glasses were of so gross a texture, that the temple was completely hid from view.

The cold mists of night had stiffened my limbs, and were falling heavy around on the wet grass.

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Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

. observing a spear of summer grass," Leaves of Grass (1855); Compare to "Salut au Monde," in the 1860

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My two acquaintances were both born and bred in the city; they both were sent to good schools; both had

good masters; both were taken among good company; both are tolerably good looking; both dress neatly

There were references to these zones as early as the mid-eighteenth century and they continued to be

In the water, he can swim like a fish; and on horseback, he sits as easily as if he were part of the

somewhat new, he had spent some previous time in drilling those who were to take part.

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Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

There were references to these zones as early as the mid-eighteenth century and they continued to be

Behavior manuals such as these signified a change in American society that forced young men to learn

Hemphill, Bowing to Necessities: A History of Manners in America 1620-1860, (Oxford University Press,

1999).; The term “good breeding” was understood by nineteenth-century Americans to mean good manners

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laufen, to run, as "an idle man who seeks his living by sponging or expedients" (Noah Webster, An American

All the old philosophers were loafers. Take Diogenes for instance.

While the Loco Focos were ostensibly a rival faction to Tammany Hall, the base of operations for the

New York City Democratic Party, they were largely incorporated into the Party after Leggett's death.

These last hints I throw out darkly, as it were.

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Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

While the Loco Focos were ostensibly a rival faction to Tammany Hall, the base of operations for the

New York City Democratic Party, they were largely incorporated into the Party after Leggett's death.

See Sean Wilentz, Chants Democratic: New York and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788-1850 (

Or, more plausibly, he could be conflating the British Whigs with the American Whig Party (a rival to

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calculated to depreciate mechanics, Most references to the term "mechanics" in the early nineteenth century were

associated with workers in a master-journeyman-apprentice system (see Charles Quill, The American Mechanic

Whitman is writing to young men who he felt were in danger of turning to putting their well-being and

The "act" of living genteelly generated anxiety for middle-class nineteenth-century Americans since the

Levine, "William Shakespeare and the American People: A Study in Cultural Transformation," The American

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Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Whitman works of this period.; Most references to the term "mechanics" in the early nineteenth century were

Whitman is writing to young men who he felt were in danger of turning to putting their well-being and

He also critiqued fashionable elements of American culture in "Sun-Down Papers [No. 9] From the Desk

Levine, "William Shakespeare and the American People: A Study in Cultural Transformation," The American

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These types of sentiments were very popular in the various temperance movements that swept through the

Young men were aspiring to climb the social ladder of American cities and therefore were often easily

effects do not follow: for there are some men who have such horse like constitutions, that if they were

I consider that we were placed here for two beneficent purposes, to fulfil our duty, and to enjoy the

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

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Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

These types of sentiments were very popular in the various temperance movements that swept through the

Young men were aspiring to climb the social ladder of American cities and therefore were often easily

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Lines from the notebook were used in Song of Myself and A Song of the Rolling Earth, which appeared in

appeared as the fourth poem in the 1855 Leaves; and A Song of Joys, which appeared as Poem of Joys in the 1860

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During this time thoughts on the innocence of children were shifting; children were increasingly seen

Great Awakening: A note of the Study of Christianity in the Early Republic," The Democratization of American

How many persons go down to the grave, praised by the world and pointed to as examples, who were still

dead girl or boy, the transient play is finished: we know that the worst deeds they ever committed were

Shakespeare’s plays were performed by and for all classes in the United States during the nineteenth

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Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

other known Whitman works of this period.; During this time thoughts on the innocence of children were

shifting; children were increasingly seen as wholly innocent, rather than being tainted by original

Great Awakening: A note of the Study of Christianity in the Early Republic," The Democratization of American

Shakespeare’s plays were performed by and for all classes in the United States during the nineteenth

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suggests that "this sort of moralizing . . . belongs to [Whitman's] journalizing of the 1840s through the 1860s

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—Yielding to the gentle influence, I felt myself carried along as it were, like some expert swimmer,

I considered with pain that the golden hours of youth were swiftly gliding; and that my cherished hopes

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

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Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

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Some years ago, when my judgement was in the bud, I thought riches were very desirable things.

been up since an hour before sunrise, fussing, and mussing, and toiling and wearying, as if there were

Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

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Whitman as the author of "Sun-Down Papers" in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

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And what American blood does not tingle at witnessing this wretched maligner, who publishes the whig

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.00232Not to DazzleBefore or early in 1855number of leaves unknownprosepoetry; Lines from this manuscript were

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—Perhaps it would be best therefore not to write at all, and I don't think I should, were it not for

—If Chesterfield were forced to live here ten hours he would fret himself to death: I have heard the

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These letters were compiled and published in 1774 as Letters to His Son on the Art of Becomming a Man

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Both poems were first published in Drum-Taps in 1865.

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.— Were you ever tried?

all this; and pray nightly for my deliverance from this dungeon—where grace or good-breeding never were

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Judge Strong and his wife Hannah Brewster Strong (1770–1836) were the parents of Selah B.

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—If they were on my side of the wall, I should forswear loco-focoism, and turn traitor in five minutes

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In the 1830s and 1840s, the Locofocos were a faction of the Democratic Party in the United States.