Walt Whitman

Birth Name: Walter Whitman

Nickname: The Bard of Democracy

Pseudonym: Mose Velsor

Born: May 31, 1819 in West Hills, New York

Died: March 26, 1892 in Camden, New Jersey

Time Period: Victorian

Expertise: Civil War Hospital Attendant, Editor, Educator, Essayist, Government Clerk, Humanist, Journalist, Poet

Known For: Leaves of Grass, O Captain! My Captain!

Quotes

Interesting quotes by Walt Whitman

“Be curious, not judgmental.”

“Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.”

“I accept reality and dare not question it.”

“The real war will never get in the books.”

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