North Carolina Wesleyan College - Dissenter Yearbook (Rocky Mount, NC)

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There was tt child went forth every dtiy. And the first object he look'd upon. that object hc becttmc. And that object became part of him for the day or ti certain part of thc d ix Or for many years or stretching cycles of years. The early lilues became part of this child .... And the schoolrnistress that pt1ss'd on her way to school. And the friendly boys that pass'd und the quarrelsome boys And the tidy and fresh-checked girls. and the barefoot negro bt And all the Changes of city and country wherever he went .... Affection that will not be gainsayd the sense of what is real. the thought if after all it should prove unreal. The doubts of day-time and the doubts on night-time. the Curious whether and how. . . . These became part of that child who went forth every day. and who now goes, and will always go forth every day., - Walt Whitman and gir if fl

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.UC N , NNI 6 Each man to himself and each woman to herself. is the word ofthe past and present. and the true word of immortality: No one can acquire for another-not one. Not one can grow for another-not one. The song is to the singer. and comes back most to him. The teaching is to the teacher and comes back most to him. The murder is to the murderer. and comes back most to him The theft is to the thiei and comes back most to him. The love is to the lover. and comes back most to him. The gift is to the giver. and comes back most to him- it cannot fail. The oration is to the orator. the acting is to the actor and actress not to the audience. And no man understands any greatness or goodness but his own. or the indication of his own. Walt Whitman I i