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Now I know the secret of making the best persons; it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the Earth. —Walt Whitman

“Now I know the secret of making the best persons; it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the Earth.”

Walt Whitman poet, humanist

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Diana SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Great quote that we all need to practice. Wonderful to get outside every day.

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