"Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots,..." - Walt Whitman

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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.

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