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Leaves of Grass.

DEBRIS.


He is wisest who has the most caution,

He only wins who goes far enough.

Any thing is as good as established, when that is established that will produce it and continue it.

What General has a good army in himself, has a good army ;

He happy in himself, or she happy in herself, is happy.

But I tell you you cannot be happy by others, any more than you can beget or conceive a child by others. —

Have you learned lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you?

Have you not learned the great lessons of those who rejected you, and braced themselves against you? or who treated you with contempt, or disputed the passage with you?

Have you had no practice to receive opponents when

they come ?

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