Act Passed

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    Everyman, I will go with thee, and be thy guide,
    In thy most need to go by thy side.
    Anonymous. Knowledge, in Everyman, act 1, l. 522 (c. 1509-1519)

    In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and he succeeded.... He stands apart, and the chief value of his work is in its prophecy, not in its performance. He has begun a prelude to larger themes. He is the herald to a new era. As a man he is the precursor of a fresh type. He is a factor in the heroic and spiritual evolution of the human being. If Poetry has passed him by, Philosophy will take note of him.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)