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" Among the men and women, the multitude,
I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs,
Acknowledging none else—not parent, wife, husband, brother, child,
any nearer than I am;
Some are baffled—But that one is not—that one knows me.

Ah, lover and perfect equal!
I meant that you should discover me so, by my faint indirections;
And I, when I meet you, mean to discover you by the like in you. "

Walt Whitman , Leaves of Grass


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Walt Whitman quote : Among the men and women, the multitude, <br />I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs, <br />Acknowledging none else—not parent, wife, husband, brother, child,<br /> any nearer than I am; <br />Some are baffled—But that one is not—that one knows me. <br /> <br />Ah, lover and perfect equal!<br />I meant that you should discover me so, by my faint indirections; <br />And I, when I meet you, mean to discover you by the like in you.