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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 44. Stronger Lessons


Have you learn'd lessons only of those who admired you, and were
      tender with you, and stood aside for you?
Have you not learn'd great lessons from those who reject you, and
      brace themselves against you? or who treat you with contempt,
      or dispute the passage with you?



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 14. Memories
  2. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 15. To-Day and Thee
  3. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 33. “Going Somewhere”
  4. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 28. Offerings
  5. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 47. Orange Buds by Mail from Florida


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