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Leaves of Grass (1881-82)
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I HEAR IT WAS CHARGED AGAINST ME.
I HEAR it was charged against me that I sought to destroy institu-
tions,
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But really I am neither for nor against institutions, |
(What indeed have I in common with them? or what with the
destruction of them?)
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Only I will establish in the Mannahatta and in every city of these
States inland and seaboard,
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And in the fields and woods, and above every keel little or large
that dents the water,
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Without edifices or rules or trustees or any argument, |
The institution of the dear love of comrades. |
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