Quote of the day
The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.
Walt Whitman
Born: May 31, 1819
Died: March 26, 1892 (aged 72)
Bio: Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works.
Known for:
- Leaves of Grass (1855)
- Song of Myself (1855)
- Drum-Taps (1865)
- O Captain! My Captain!
- Poems by Walt Whitman (1868)
Walt Whitman Quotes