"For we cannot tarry here, We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger, We, the youth..." - Walt Whitman

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For we cannot tarry here, We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger, We, the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend, Pioneers! O pioneers!

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Walt Whitman The Illustrated Leaves of Grass

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