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424 take an egg out of the robin's nest in the
 * orchard,

I will take a branch of gooseberries from the old bush
 * in the garden, and go and preach to the world;

You shall see I will not meet a single heretic or
 * scorner,

You shall see how I stump clergymen, and confound
 * them,

You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a
 * white pebble from the beach.



—fresh, native, copious, each one for himself
 * or herself,

Nature and the Soul expressed—America and freedom
 * expressed—In it the finest art,

In it pride, cleanliness, sympathy, to have their
 * chance,

In it physique, intellect, faith—in it just as much as
 * to manage an army or a city, or to write a book
 * —perhaps more,

The youth, the laboring person, the poor person,
 * rivalling all the rest—perhaps outdoing the
 * rest,

The effects of the universe no greater than its; For there is nothing in the whole universe that can
 * be more effective than a man's or woman's daily
 * behavior can be,

In any position, in any one of These States.