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O to bathe in the swimming-bath, or in a good place along shore!To splash the water! to walk ankle-deep—to race naked along the shore.
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O to realize space!The plenteousness of all—that there are no bounds;
To emerge, and be of the sky—of the sun and moon, and the flying clouds, as one with them.
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O the joy of a manly self-hood!Personality—to be servile to none—to defer to none—not to any tyrant, known or unknown,
To walk with erect carriage, a step springy and elastic,
To look with calm gaze, or with a flashing eye,
To speak with a full and sonorous voice, out of a broad chest,
To confront with your personality all the other personalities of the earth.
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