tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post7648826859794792353..comments2024-01-02T06:46:03.449-05:00Comments on Nick's Bytes: The Wisdom of Walt WhitmanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16939152657551690867noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-75959355261893668962009-06-12T07:26:21.061-04:002009-06-12T07:26:21.061-04:00Good words from Walt. I hope your showers are saf...Good words from Walt. I hope your showers are safer and more comfortable now.Squirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235466916480849429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-47183559383527236992009-06-11T14:33:19.401-04:002009-06-11T14:33:19.401-04:00Great post Nick, very wise words.
I'm pleased...Great post Nick, very wise words.<br /><br />I'm pleased to hear you are getting the help you need and lots of visitors! :)Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-62805262700074185212009-06-11T07:24:28.595-04:002009-06-11T07:24:28.595-04:00You don't see much Song of Myself these days.You don't see much Song of Myself these days.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-7376229443715181052009-06-10T23:22:14.489-04:002009-06-10T23:22:14.489-04:00Like Gledwood, we never had any American poets at ...Like Gledwood, we never had any American poets at school and Walt Whitman is one of the best. I guess because our country is of the "Colonies" it was English literature only. My education is sadly unfinished...Puss-in-Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313418336654760327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-17809212076159101252009-06-10T22:05:11.085-04:002009-06-10T22:05:11.085-04:00Thanks for sharing these, Nick. I know little of ...Thanks for sharing these, Nick. I know little of Whitman's writings.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996426286997454518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-68514105357817681932009-06-10T19:08:36.004-04:002009-06-10T19:08:36.004-04:00What's really sad is that we haven't impro...What's really sad is that we haven't improved with time, have we?<br /><br />Whitman's final line is so telling.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-12945812962602863042009-06-10T13:03:59.749-04:002009-06-10T13:03:59.749-04:00ps did you know we never got to read ANY American ...ps did you know we never got to read ANY American poetry at school ~ well barely any ~ because it was anthologized in a different volume. Talk about nations divided by a common tongue!Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-14926601726810718262009-06-10T13:03:17.619-04:002009-06-10T13:03:17.619-04:00I always mix him up with Walt Disney...I always mix him up with Walt Disney...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-60227163519388017442009-06-10T10:04:48.532-04:002009-06-10T10:04:48.532-04:00You may know, Nick, that Walt Whitman was raised a...You may know, Nick, that Walt Whitman was raised a Quaker. You can really see some core Quaker beliefs in these writings. <br /><br />The one that just jumps off the page is this -- "take off your hat to nothing known or unknown".<br /><br />It used to be that men were required by society to tip their hats to people of a higher station as a sign of respect.<br /><br />Quakers, believing that each person has the divine light inside and is equally deserving of respect, refused to tip their hats to anyone. It became one of the daily outward symbols of their protest against social inequity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12709723.post-74126421180045929812009-06-10T09:41:56.241-04:002009-06-10T09:41:56.241-04:00Great thoughtful posting.Great thoughtful posting.Mike Golchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472496241893921107noreply@blogger.com