What General has a Good Army.

Walt Whitman· 1819 – 1892· American

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What General has a Good Army.

Walt Whitman

WHAT General has a good army in himself, has a good army;

He happy in himself, or she happy in herself, is happy,

But I tell you you cannot be happy by others, any more than you can beget or conceive a

child

by others.

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