object:1.whitman - I Was Looking A Long While
author class:Walt Whitman
subject class:Poetry
book class:Whitman - Poems
class:chapter
I WAS looking a long while for a clue to the history of the past for
myself, and for these chantsand now I have found it;
It is not in those paged fables in the libraries, (them I neither
accept nor reject; )
It is no more in the legends than in all else;
It is in the presentit is this earth to-day;
It is in Democracy(the purport and aim of all the past; )
It is the life of one man or one woman to-daythe average man of
to-day;
It is in languages, social customs, literatures, arts;
It is in the broad show of artificial things, ships, machinery,
politics, creeds, modern improvements, and the interchange of
nations,
All for the average man of to-day.
questions, comments, suggestions/feedback, take-down requests, contribute, etc
contact me @ integralyogin@gmail.com or via the comments below
or join the integral discord server (chatrooms)
if the page you visited was empty, it may be noted and I will try to fill it out. cheers