...connections to Parse's theory. The opening lines of Leaves of Grass read as follows: From "One's-Self I Sing" One's-Self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse . . . Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine,...

...the single individual must be reconciled with those of a democratic society. In the words of Whitman, One's-self I sing — a simple, separate Person; Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-masse. When the idea of unity within diversity is translated into the modest terms of the procedures of American...

...complete, from top to toe, I sing. Not physiognomy alone, nor brain alone, is worthy for the muse; — / say the Form complete is worthier far. The female equally with the male, I sing. Nor cease at the theme of One's-Self. I speak the word of the modern, the word EN-MASSE. My Days I...

...potential of a single human being. In two simple lines, the poet suggests both themes when he writes "One's-Self I sing, a simple separate person, /Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse." Later, in To the States, Whitman advises his fellow citizens to be wary of "unquestioning obedience"...

...not recognize that Whitman knew that America was a diverse land full of differences and contrasts: "ONE'S-SELF I sing, a simple separate person, /Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse."21 Whitman acknowledged the tensions in American society between the multitudes of opportunities...

...self was meant to serve from the start. "One's self I sing," he exclaims in his first "Inscription," "a simple separate person, / Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse." How is this seeming paradox to be accomplished? The lyric's next line gives a hint: "Of physiology...

...people is another guiding standard." — Doris Janzen Longacre, Living More with Less Simple Wisdom "One's-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse." —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass I say that you're at the center of the circle; you come first. Singing...

...be made, on his or her part as well as by the organization. CHAPTER 7 Contingent Workers "One's Self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. " —Walt Whitman When I was in high school, I had a friend named Barbara. She excelled in every course...

...recurs in Whitman and many others later; Whitman ascribes it to the paradox of American democracy: "One's-self I sing, a simple separate person / Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse," he declares at the beginning of Leaves of Grass.20 Hitchcock picks up this American theme of abjection...

...for the performers. As Whitman boasts in the stunning opening lines of Leaves of Grass, "One's self I sing, a simple separate person, / Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse."8 Thus, like Whitman (although perhaps with less bravado), we too, in singing national songs,...