Letter 7
Whitman’s line, that he “receiv’d identity by my body,” seems to me very true. What else can explain our sharpening sense of our son, of his personality and his individuality, than that he is himself, and no one else? He cannot yet speak, can barely engage in any distinct action. Yet his features are sharpening, and our sense of him sharpens correspondi…
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