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Show WHITMAN'S BIRTH Oa May SI. 111. 'Welt Whitman. American post, wag bora at Wsat-kills. Wsat-kills. La L Following hla education la tha publio arboola 'of Brooklyn and New York. ' Whit mea learned the printing trade taught echool and wrote for newspepera and maga-sinee. maga-sinee. At tha age at J ha became editor and publiaher of a weekly en Long island, but whan It failed ha derided lo travel on foot. Returning from hie wanderings, which took him Into Canada. Whitman, Whit-man, tried hla hand at carpentry, building and eellint worklngmen's houeea. Thla occupation gevo blm the material that made up the first eolleatloa of hla famoua "Leaves of Oraae." Tba bonk amused rather than Intereeled at first, but It remained re-mained for Kmaraon to (Ira It It proper eeUmailon. The remainder af Whltmaa'a Ilia waa given lo Ihe elaboration of thla book. Although Whitman s poetry glorified glori-fied democracy and lha average man. It failed lo become popular, mainly because It dsfled lltersry aad othar conveattone. Whitman haa lang been recognised, however, by European and other rrttirs aa on ot the outstanding flguree la American Uteralure. |