• There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

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

1. unconsciousness
2. illiterate
3. expressive
4. noblest
5. genius

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There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius. by : Walt Whitman

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