Author: Paul Collins

Cites

• Walt Whitman (1)
  • IN: Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of people who didn't change the world (2001) Non-Fiction, Biography, American
    EPIGRAPH: Have you hear that it was good to gain the day? / I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost / in the same spirit in which they are won... / Vivas to those who have fail'd! / And to those whose war vessels sank in the sea! / And to those themselves who sank in the sea! / And to all generals that lost engagements, / And all overcome heroes / And the numberless unknown heroes equal / to the greatest heroes known!
    FROM: Song of Myself, (1892), Poem, US