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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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STRONGER LESSONS.
Have you learn'd lessons only of those who admired you, and
were tender with you, and stood aside for you?
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Have you not learn'd great lessons from those who reject you,
and brace themselves against you? or who treat you with
contempt, or dispute the passage with you?
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