R。M。Bucke：Cosmicconsciousness，pp。182-186，abridged。

　　WaltWhitmanoweshisimportanceinliteraturetothesystematicexpulsionfromhiswritingsofallcontractileelements。Theonlysentimentsheallowedhimselftoexpresswereoftheexpansiveorder；andheexpressedtheseinthefirstperson，notasyourmeremonstrouslyconceitedindividualmightsoexpressthem，butvicariouslyforallmen，sothatapassionateandmysticontologicalemotionsuffuseshiswords，andendsbypersuadingthereaderthatmenandwomen，lifeanddeath，andallthingsaredivinelygood。

　　Thusithascomeaboutthatmanypersonsto-dayregardWaltWhitmanastherestoreroftheeternalnaturalreligion。Hehasinfectedthemwithhisownloveofcomrades，withhisowngladnessthatheandtheyexist。Societiesareactuallyformedforhiscult；aperiodicalorganexistsforitspropagation，inwhichthelinesoforthodoxyandheterodoxyarealreadybeginningtobedrawn；[39]hymnsarewrittenbyothersinhispeculiarprosody；andheisevenexplicitlycomparedwiththefounderoftheChristianreligion，notaltogethertotheadvantageofthelatter。

　　[39]IrefertoTheConservator，editedbyHoraceTraubel，andpublishedmonthlyatPhiladelphia。

　　Whitmanisoftenspokenofasa“pagan。”Thewordnowadaysmeanssometimesthemerenaturalanimalmanwithoutasenseofsin；

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