How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed! ✨ 1855 Leaves of …

Walt Whitman
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How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed! ✨ 1855 Leaves of Grass, 'Broad-Axe Song', later 'Song of the Broad- Axe' (from 1867).
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How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed! ✨ 1855 Leaves of Grass, 'Broad-Axe Song', later 'Song of the Broad- Axe' (from 1867).

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