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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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THE BASE OF ALL METAPHYSICS.
A word I give to remain in your memories and minds, |
As base and finalè too for all metaphysics. |
(So to the students the old professor, |
At the close of his crowded course.) |
Having studied the new and antique, the Greek and Germanic
systems,
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Kant having studied and stated, Fichte and Schelling and Hegel, |
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Stated the lore of Plato, and Socrates greater than Plato, |
And greater than Socrates sought and stated, Christ divine having
studied long,
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I see reminiscent to-day those Greek and Germanic systems, |
See the philosophies all, Christian churches and tenets see, |
Yet underneath Socrates clearly see, and underneath Christ the
divine I see,
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The dear love of man for his comrade, the attraction of friend to
friend,
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Of the well-married husband and wife, of children and parents, |
Of city for city and land for land. |
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