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  1. Sep 2020
    1. I remember now,I resume the overstaid fraction,The grave of rock multiplies what has been confided to it, or to any graves,Corpses rise, gashes heal, fastenings roll from me.I troop forth replenish'd with supreme power, one of an average unending procession,Inland and sea-coast we go, and pass all boundary lines,Our swift ordinances on their way over the whole earth,The blossoms we wear in our hats the growth of thousands of years.Eleves, I salute you! come forward!Continue your annotations, continue your questionings.

      After regaining his control Whitman he compares his self to Jesus Christ after the crucifixion. Whitman all confident continues he journey through the U.S and says goodbye to the eleves(students)

    2. Enough! enough! enough!Somehow I have been stunn'd. Stand back!Give me a little time beyond my cuff'd head, slumbers, dreams,gaping,I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.That I could forget the mockers and insults!That I could forget the trickling tears and the blows of the bludg-eons and hammers!That I could look with a separate look on my own crucifixion and bloody crowning.

      In the beginning of section 38 Whitman he loses it. He is tired of being being down and he is having thoughts of just giving up which is making him lose his optimism, but then he says enough is enough get's his power back and stands back up.