I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless …

Walt Whitman
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I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man, Stuffed with the stuff that is course, and stuffed with the stuff that is fine. ✨ Walt Whitman (2012). Song of Myself, p.25, Courier Corporation
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