"Those that look carelessly in the faces of Presidents and Governors,
as to say 'Who are you? '"
And not only this, but he has the courage to say: "Nothing, not God,
is greater to one than one's self." Walt Whitman is the poet of
Individuality--the defender of the rights of each for the sake of
all--and his sympathies are as wide as the world. He is the defender of
the whole race.