Walt Whitman — "Have you learned lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you…"

Have you learned lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who reject you, and insult you, and smite you?
Walt Whitman — Walt Whitman Modern · Leaves of Grass

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Poem: 'By Blue Ontario's Shore', Section 11

Date: 1860 (originally in 'Leaves of Grass' preface)

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