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The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws. - Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass Quotes)

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.

Source:Notes Left Over (1888), Freedom; Complete Prose Works (David Mckay, ed. 1897), Page 336
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  • Name: Walt Whitman
  • Profession: Poet, Essayist, Journalist
  • Born: May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892
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