Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.

Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth ever afterward resumes its liberty.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

You linger to see his back, and the back of his neck and shoulder-side...The Bending forward and backward of the rowers...

To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.

I announce the great individual, fluid as Nature, chaste, affectionate, compassionate, fully armed; I announce a life that shall be copious, vehement, spiritual, bold, And I announce an end that shall lightly and joyfully meet its translation.

O magnet-South! O glistening perfumed South! My South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! Good and evil! O all dear to me!