Filthy to others, to me they are not filthy, but illustrious; while critics consider those subjects from the point of view of persons standing on the lowest animal and infidelistic platform. Which, then, is really the beast?
Leaves of Grass
Filthy to others, to me they are not filthy, but illustrious; while critics consider those subjects from the point of view of persons standing on the lowest animal and infidelistic platform. Which, then, is really the beast?
Leaves of Grass
Discussion of his poetry, likely in letters or essays defending 'Leaves of Grass'
c. 1860s-1880s
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