I DREAM'D in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth; |
I dream'd that was the new City of Friends; |
Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love—it led the rest; |
It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of that city, |
And in all their looks and words. Walt Whitman (1860) Today's Rune: Movement. |
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Picture credit: View of Washington looking down Pennsylvania Ave. toward unfinished Capitol. National Hotel on left, no. 2 (1860) -- US Library of Congress.
Such a city would be worth founding.
Erik, don't we all wish our city was like that? Old Walt was pretty cool!
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