"I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and so luscious, each moment and whatever happens thrills me with joy."
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"I do not despise you priests, all time, the world over; my faith is the greatest of faiths and the least of faiths."
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"The efflux of the soul is happiness."
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"I too have bubbled up, floated at the measureless float, and then wash'd on your shores."
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"I sit and look out upon the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and shame."
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"Mind not the timid mind, not the weeper or prayer; mind not the old man beseeching the young man."
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"Long, long, I muse, then on my way to go wandering."
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"O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done; The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won."
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"When Liberty goes out...