OF the visages of thingsAnd of piercing through to the accepted hells beneath;
Of uglinessTo me there is just as much in it as there is in beautyAnd now the
ugliness of human beings is acceptable to me;
Of detected personsTo me, detected persons are not, in any respect, worse than
undetected
personsand are not in any respect worse than I am myself;
Of criminalsTo me, any judge, or any juror, is equally criminaland any
reputable
person is alsoand the President is also.
Of the Visage of Things.
written byWalt Whitman
© Walt Whitman