“ Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you,You must travel it for yourself. ”
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself (1855). copy citation
| Author | Walt Whitman |
|---|---|
| Source | Song of Myself |
| Topic | journey self |
| Date | 1855 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | in "Leaves of Grass" |
| Note | |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Leaves_of_Grass/Book_III |
Context
“I lead no man to a dinner-table, library, exchange, But each man and each woman of you I lead upon a knoll, My left hand hooking you round the waist, My right hand pointing to landscapes of continents and the public road. Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself. It is not far, it is within reach, Perhaps you have been on it since you were born and did not know, Perhaps it is everywhere on water and on land. Shoulder your duds dear son, and I will mine, and let us hasten forth,”
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