I SAY whatever tastes sweet to the most perfect person, that is
 finally right.


 I say nourish a great intellect, a great brain;
 If I have said anything to the contrary, I hereby retract it.


 I say man shall not hold property in man;
 I say the least developed person on earth is just as important and
 sacred to himself or herself, as the most developed person is
 to himself or herself.


 I say where liberty draws not the blood out of slavery, there slavery
 draws the blood out of liberty,
 I say the word of the good old cause in These States, and resound it
 hence over the world.


 I say the human shape or face is so great, it must never be made
 ridiculous;
 I say for ornaments nothing outre can be allowed,
 And that anything is most beautiful without ornament, 10
 And that exaggerations will be sternly revenged in your own
 physiology, and in other persons' physiology also;
 And I say that clean-shaped children can be jetted and conceived only
 where natural forms prevail in public, and the human face and
 form are never caricatured;
 And I say that genius need never more be turned to romances,
 (For facts properly told, how mean appear all romances.)


 I say the word of lands fearing nothing--I will have no other land;
 I say discuss all and expose all--I am for every topic openly;
 I say there can be no salvation for These States without innovators--
 without free tongues, and ears willing to hear the tongues;
 And I announce as a glory of These States, that they respectfully
 listen to propositions, reforms, fresh views and doctrines,
 from successions of men and women,
 Each age with its own growth.


 I have said many times that materials and the Soul are great, and
 that all depends on physique; 20
 Now I reverse what I said, and affirm that all depends on the
 æsthetic or intellectual,
 And that criticism is great--and that refinement is greatest of all;
 And I affirm now that the mind governs--and that all depends on the
 mind.


 With one man or woman--(no matter which one--I even pick out the
 lowest,)
 With him or her I now illustrate the whole law;
 I say that every right, in politics or what-not, shall be eligible to
 that one man or woman, on the same terms as any.