Passage from section 32, “Song of Myself”:

“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.

They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.

So they show their relations to me and I accept them,
They bring me tokens of myself, they evince them plainly in their possession.”

Dear fellows,

I insert here the powerful documentary by Shaun Monson narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, Earthlings, on how mankind treats, or mistreats, animals. It makes me wonder, the singer would say!

Dear visitor,

if you want to learn the Portuguese language, you can use my Free Online English Course as a way to learn it,  for the reason that the course is bilingual (English/Portuguese). The section called Dicas de Inglês, hints about English vocabulary and use, is bilingual as well. If you are already good at Portuguese, then go straight to the Free Portuguese Grammar Lessons blog to improve your skills!

Kind regards,

Gentil

Section 3.4 of my dissertation is on: parallelism, enumeration, catalogues (Bible and Greek epics), and meter and the transposition of Leaves of Grass to Portuguese.

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Dear fellows,

I post now the second part of the documentary on the history of money, The Money Masters (1h 46min). The subtitles are in Spanish, for those who cannot understand English. I do think Whitman would have completely supported the publication of this material.

Dear Folks,

following on the path of The Money Masters, I post here another documentary on the issue of how money is created: from debt! Despite the title, the documentary is in English (only the subtitles are in Portuguese).

Fellows,
I believe Whitman would have loved this singer. She is an angel!
Just sit back and enjoy!