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TO A PUPIL.
1 Is reform needed? Is
it through you?
The greater the reform needed, the greater PER- SONALITY you need to accomplish it.
2 You! do you not see how it would serve to have eyes, blood, complexion, clean and sweet?
Do you not see how it would serve to have such a Body and Soul, that when you enter the crowd, an atmosphere of desire and command enters with you, and every one is impress'd with your per- sonality?
3 O the magnet! the flesh over and over!
Go, dear friend! if need be, give up all else, and com- mence to-day to inure yourself to pluck, reality, self-esteem, definiteness, elevatedness;
Rest not, till you rivet and publish yourself of your own personality.
The greater the reform needed, the greater PER- SONALITY you need to accomplish it.
2 You! do you not see how it would serve to have eyes, blood, complexion, clean and sweet?
Do you not see how it would serve to have such a Body and Soul, that when you enter the crowd, an atmosphere of desire and command enters with you, and every one is impress'd with your per- sonality?
3 O the magnet! the flesh over and over!
Go, dear friend! if need be, give up all else, and com- mence to-day to inure yourself to pluck, reality, self-esteem, definiteness, elevatedness;
Rest not, till you rivet and publish yourself of your own personality.
| Leaves of grass. | |