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106 O I heard, and yet hear, angry thunder;—O you
 * sailors! O ships! make quick preparation!

O from his masterful sweep, the warning cry of the
 * eagle!

(Give way there, all! It is useless! Give up your
 * spoils;)

O sarcasms! Propositions! (O if the whole world
 * should prove indeed a sham, a sell!)

O I believe there is nothing real but America and
 * freedom!

O to sternly reject all except Democracy! O imperator! O who dare confront you and me? O to promulgate our own! O to build for that which
 * builds for mankind!

O feuillage! O North! O the slope drained by the
 * Mexican sea!

O all, all inseparable—ages, ages, ages! O a curse on him that would dissever this Union for
 * any reason whatever!

O climates, labors! O good and evil! O death! O you strong with iron and wood! O Personality! O the village or place which has the greatest man or
 * woman! even if it be only a few ragged huts;

O the city where women walk in public processions in
 * the streets, the same as the men;

O a wan and terrible emblem, by me adopted! O shapes arising! shapes of the future centuries! O muscle and pluck forever for me! O workmen and workwomen forever for me! O farmers and sailors! O drivers of horses forever
 * for me!

O I will make the new bardic list of trades and tools! O you coarse and wilful! I love you!