*is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.

*...to the vast majority of American men and women "good old Walt" is still and outsider. This was wrote by Bliss Perry in 1918... and continue to be true today.

stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and idulgence toward the people... read this leaves in the open air... re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book...