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As some of you know, I some years ago — a few — painted a picture of Mr. Whitman. I began in the usual way, but soon found that the ordinary methods wouldn't do — that technique, rules and traditions would have to be thrown aside; that before all else, he was to be treated as a man, whatever became of what are commonly called the principles of art.
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Testimonial dinner, Camden NJ, for Walt Whitman on his seventy-second birthday (1891-05-31)

 

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