After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, convivia…

Walt Whitman
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After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains. ✨ 1876-77 Speciman Days, 'New Themes Entered Upon'.
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After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains. ✨ 1876-77 Speciman Days, 'New Themes Entered Upon'.

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