O while I live to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, no fumes, no ennui, no more complaints or scornful criticisms, to these proud laws of the air, the water and the ground, proving my interior soul impregnable, and nothing exterior shall ever take command of me. - Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass Quotes)

O while I live to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, no fumes, no ennui, no more complaints or scornful criticisms, to these proud laws of the air, the water and the ground, proving my interior soul impregnable, and nothing exterior shall ever take command of me.

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