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Walt Whitman
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A mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.
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Mr. Whitman's poetry is timeless, and its profundity defies death."
That, then, was Mr. Whitman.
"And what name ascribes to his powerful book, Sir?"
"Leaves of Grass," Robert asserted with such intensity, such rapture, the unharmed half of his face reddened almost as deeply as the damaged side.
Leaves? Grass? Lavender's pulse quickened with the possibility that the book might pertain to botany. "At the train station you assured me I'd hear Whitman's words," she said. "And"---again, what boldness
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― The Apothecary's Garden
― The Apothecary's Garden
