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1 " The American bards shall be marked for generosity and affection and for encouraging competitors… . The great poets are also to be known by the absence in them of tricks and by the justification of perfect personal candor… . How beautiful is candor! All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor. "
― Walt Whitman , Leaves of Grass
2 " The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only great poets can read the. "
― Henry David Thoreau , Walden
3 " All that is best in the great poets of all countries is not what is national in them but what is universal. "
