Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? — Walt Whitman

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Mini who’s who:

Walt Whitman : American Poet
Born: May 31, 1819
Died: March 26, 1892