Note 9 — APPENDIX TO WHITMAN AS PROPHET (See page 77)

“O Thou transcendent, Nameless, the fibre and the breath, Light of the light, shedding forth universes ... Swiftly I shrivel at the thought of God, At Nature and its wonders, Time and Space and Death, But that I, turning, call to thee O soul, thou actual Me, And lo! thou gently masterest the orbs, Thou matest Time, smilest content at Death, And fillest, swellest full the vastnesses of Space.” (p. 321.) “Light rare untellable, lighting the very light, Beyond all signs, descriptions, languages.” (p. 324.) “Whoever you are! you are he or she for whom the earth is solid and liquid; You are he or she for whom the sun and moon hang in the sky.” (p. 178.) “I celebrate Myself, And what I assume, you shall also assume.” (p. 29.) “Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am, Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary, Both in and out of the game, and watching and wondering at it.” (p. 32.) “Evil propels me, and reform of evil propels me, I stand indifferent.” (p. 46.) “What is called good is perfect, and what is called bad is just as perfect.” (p. 337.) “Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and knowledge that pass all the argument of the earth.” (p. 32.) “No array of terms can say how much I am at peace about God and about death.” (p 76.) “My spirit has pass’d in compassion and determination around the whole earth. I have look’d for equals and lovers, and found them ready for me in all lands.” (p. 120.) “Agonies are one of my changes of garments. I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.” (p. 60.) “I swear the earth shall surely be complete to him or her who shall be complete.” (p. 179.) “All parts away for the progress of souls, All religion, all solid things, arts, governments—all that was or is apparent upon this globe, or any globe, falls into niches and corners before the procession of souls along the grand roads of the universe.” (p. 127.) “Allons! whoever you are come travel with me! Traveling with me you find what never tires.” (p. 125.) “This is the meal equally set, this the meat for natural hunger, It is for the wicked just the same as the righteous; I make appointments with all.” (p. 43.) “I swear I think now that everything has an immortal soul! I swear I think there is nothing but immortality.” (p. 337.) “Who, constructing the house of himself or herself, not for a day but for all time, sees races, eras, dates, generations, The past, the future, dwelling there, like space, inseparable together.” (p. 304.) “I doubt not I have myself died ten thousand times before. I receive now again of my many translations, from my avataras ascending, while others doubtless await me.” (p. 382.) “You can do nothing and be nothing but what I will infold you.” (p. 66.) “All truths wait in all things, They neither hasten their own delivery nor resist it, ... The insignificant is as big to me as any.” (p. 53.) “I am possess’d! Embody all presences outlaw’d or suffering.” (p. 64.) “I will toss a new gladness and roughness among them, Whoever denies me it shall not trouble me, Whoever accepts me he or she shall be blessed and shall bless me.” (p. 123.) “Vivas to those who have fail’d!” (p. 43.) “What is providence is indivisible, Declines to separate one part of life from every part, ... Knows that the young man who composedly peril’d his life and lost it has done exceedingly well for himself without doubt.” (p. 291.) “Sleep—I and they keep guard all night; Not doubt, not decease shall dare to lay finger upon you. I have embraced you, and henceforth possess you to myself, And when you rise in the morning you will find what I tell you is so.” (p. 66.) “Camerado, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money.” (p. 129.) “Toward you all, in America’s name, I raise high the perpendicular hand, I make the signal, To remain after me in sight forever, For all the haunts and homes of men.” (p. 120.)