• What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many noble thoughts, loving wishes toward our fellows, beautiful imaginings thou hast crushed under thy heel, without remorse or pause!

  Walt Whitman
  American poet, essayist, and journalist 1819-1892
  

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Subjects in these quotes:

1. aspirations
2. imaginings
3. thoughts
4. fellows
5. crushed
6. without

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What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many noble thoughts, loving wishes toward our fellows, beautiful imaginings thou hast crushed under thy heel, without remorse or pause! by : Walt Whitman

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