Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you,You must travel it for yourself.
Walt Whitman · Leaves of Grass
Courage & motivation
“Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you,”
- Author
- Walt Whitman
- Work
- Leaves of Grass
- Year
- 1892
- Chapter / part
- Song of Myself, 46
- Length
- 18 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #1322
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Walt Whitman died in 1892, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1892. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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