And so I lay this little wreath upon this great man’s tomb. I loved him living, and I love him still.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Address at the Funeral of Walt Whitman, March 30, 1892, closing sentences; Full funeral address read in Project Gutenberg documented authorized edition. Closing two sentences refer to Walt Whitman. Curly apostrophe typographical normalization only. Public-domain text; not attributed to Whitman.
- Address at the Funeral of Walt Whitman, March 30, 1892, closing sentences
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