• The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.

  Walt Whitman
  American poet, essayist, and journalist 1819-1892
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. greatest
2. ragged
3. woman
4. still
5. whole
6. world

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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world. by : Walt Whitman

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