You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds…

Walt Whitman
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You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin , or even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things. ✨ Walt Whitman (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Walt Whitman (Illustrated), p.1321, Delphi Classics
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