The Walt Whitman Archive
Published Works
Books by Whitman
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To a Pupil.
1IS reform needed? Is it through you?
The greater the reform needed, the greater the PER-
SONALITY you need to accomplish it.
SONALITY you need to accomplish it.
2You! do you not see how it would serve to have eyes,
blood, complexion, clean and sweet?
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 impressed with your
personality?
body and Soul, that when you enter the crowd,
an atmosphere of desire and command enters
with you, and every one is impressed with your
personality?
3O the magnet! the flesh over and over!
Go, mon cher! if need be, give up all else, and com-
mence to-day to inure yourself to pluck, reality,
self-esteem, definiteness, elevatedness,
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.
own personality.