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...e next day, McDonald puts a sign on the fish-tank. Please Do Not Eat The Fish Just a minute. What really happened here? Nope, there was no slight of hand. The fish truly did go down, albeit with difficulty. However, we’d prepared carefully. Several days before I had a test run, ate a few, and knew I could do it. John went ‘round the school taking bets. The money was mo...

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..., view this pdf with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.IntroductionIn 1946, at the age of one, I contracted Polio. Suddenly, a world of infinite possibilitiesco... ...sumed drugs. Crossed and re-crossed continents, eludingpolice from Mexico to India.At twenty-eight, I abruptly changed direction, and by doing so was ... ...nged direction, and by doing so was able to help many others.Now, at the end of an event filled life, how do I feel towards the Polio virus which atta... .... Nevertheless, it marks my cominginto being. The years before are empty.All of my early memories are of hospitals, doctors and nurses: not my parents... ...g she teaches, I memorize. I do mean everything: countries,capitals, rivers, explorers, dates, saints, parts-of-speech. All it takes is time, and dete... ... banks.The ‘Grand’ is deep, slow and muddy, winding through the dust of the ‘Indian Reservation’.Our boat, ‘The Blue Angel’ creeps at an agonizingly s... ...into the arms of Morpheus. Al Kamin and Brian in a flat above mine. Note Indian painting and mandela.Once a week, we invited friends round, filled...

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...llow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;                     But O heart! heart! heart!                          O the bleeding drops of red,                               Where on the deck my Captain lies,                                    Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for ...

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...Contents Introduction LEAVES OF GRASS INSCRIPTIONS One's-Self I Sing As I Ponder'd in Silence In Cabin'd Ships at Sea To Foriegn Lands To a Historian To Thee Old Cause Eidólons For Him I Sing When I Read the Book Beginning My Studies Beginner...

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...William Ralph Press Omahawww.williamralphpress.comNo part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanic... ...ction and textual edits © William Ralph Press, All Rights Reserved Leaves of Grass © William Ralph PressAll Rights Reserved, except where otherwise n... ... where otherwise noted ContentsIntroductionLEAVES OF GRASSINSCRIPTIONSOne's-Self I SingAs I Ponder'd in SilenceIn Cabin'd Shi... ...iftsMy Picture-GalleryThe Prairie StatesPROUD MUSIC OF THE STORMPASSAGE TO INDIAPRAYER OF COLUMBUSTHE SLEEPERSTRANSPOSITIONSTO THINK OF TIMEWHISPERS O... ... the long-running Mississippi, and down to the Mexican sea,Chants of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota,Chants going forth from th... ...aracts, forests, volcanoes, groups,Malaysia, Polynesia, and the great West Indian islands. 3What do you hear Walt Whi... ...e lands to be welded together.A worship new I sing,You captains, voyagers, explorers, yours,You engineers, you architects, machinists, yours,You, not ... ...essors,The wars of Tamerlane, the reign of Aurungzebe,The traders, rulers, explorers, Moslems, Venetians, Byzantium, the Arabs, Portuguese,The first ...