We've started reading Walt Whitman's groundbreaking poetry, which builds on Emerson's transcendental ideas of self-reliance, universal connectedness, and creative innovation. Whitman saw America as a nation with the potential to invent a truly democratic way of life, in which people of all backgrounds could come together to live freely, in harmony with nature and each other: Your assignment is to read the following article on Whitman's democratic dreams for America:
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