by Walt Whitman<\/p>\n
O me, man of slack faith so long!
\nStanding aloof\u2014denying portions so long;
\nOnly aware to-day of compact, all-diffused truth;
\nDiscovering to-day there is no lie, or form of lie, and can be none, but grows as inevitably upon itself as the truth does upon itself,
\nOr as any law of the earth, or any natural production of the earth does.<\/p>\n
(This is curious, and may not be realized immediately\u2014But it must be realized;
\nI feel in myself that I represent falsehoods equally with the rest,
\nAnd that the universe does.)<\/p>\n
Where has fail\u2019d a perfect return, indifferent of lies or the truth?
\nIs it upon the ground, or in water or fire? or in the spirit of man? or in the meat and blood?<\/p>\n
Meditating among liars, and retreating sternly into myself, I see that there are really no liars or lies after all,
\nAnd that nothing fails its perfect return\u2014And that what are called lies are perfect returns,
\nAnd that each thing exactly represents itself, and what has preceded it,
\nAnd that the truth includes all, and is compact, just as much as space is compact,
\nAnd that there is no flaw or vacuum in the amount of the truth\u2014but that all is truth without exception;
\nAnd henceforth I will go celebrate anything I see or am,
\nAnd sing and laugh, and deny nothing.<\/p>\n
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