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Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
Walt Whitman
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"Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth."
— Walt Whitman

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Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. — Walt Whitman

About Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman was a Poet from United States (1819–1892).

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This quote is attributed to Walt Whitman, a Poet from United States.
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Walt Whitman lived from 1819 – 1892.