Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good…

Walt Whitman
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Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. ✨ 'Song of Myself' (1855) st. 18
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Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won. ✨ 'Song of Myself' (1855) st. 18

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