when the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
when i was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
when i sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
how soon unaccountable i became tired and sick,
till rising and gliding out i wander'd off by myself,
in the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
- walt whitman
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