TO ALL YOU ALL


Behavior
by Walt Whitman

Behavior--fresh, native, copious, each one for himself or herself,
Nature and the Soul expressed--America and freedom expressed--In it
the finest art,
,In it pride, cleanliness, sympathy, to have their chance
In it physique, intellect, faith--in it just as much as to manage an
,army or a city, or to write a book--perhaps more
The youth, the laboring person, the poor person, rivalling all the
,rest--perhaps outdoing the rest
,The effects of the universe no greater than its
For there is nothing in the whole universe that can be more effective
,than a man's or woman's daily behavior can be
.In any position, in any one of These States