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Whitman had many
themes in his poetry; these are only a few.
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For example, in
section 48 of “Song of Myself”:
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I have said that
the sould is not more than the body
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And I have said
that the body is not more than the soul,
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And nothing, not
God, is greater to one than one’s self is,
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And whoever
walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud
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And I say to any
man or woman, Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million
universes.
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