Quote from : Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations Book

Shocked? I consider one of the constellations of our time — of our country — America — a bright, magnificent constellation. Besides, all the constellations—not alone of this but of any time—shock the average intelligence for a while. In one respect that helps to prove it a constellation. Think of , , Hicks, not to say anything of modern men whom we could mention. {Whitman's thoughts on his close friend, the great }