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(Perhaps this notebook was in his pocket that day.) Later, when Whitman lived in Washington during the Civil War, he often stood near the corner of 14th and L Streets to glimpse Lincoln en route ...

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This is probably the only -- if not among a handful of descriptions of Islam in a Civil War document. That's what really struck me, and I was like, "This is... gold!" ♪curious pensive music ...