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  "venue": "Leaves of Grass (New York, 1867)",
  "note": "Located in this edition by matching this text's lines against the Whitman Archive transcription of the 1867 Chapin edition (ppp.00473). The corpus text follows the 1891–92 arrangement, by which the poem had been revised. First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established.",
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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    "text": "Race of veterans⁠—race of victors!",
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    "text": "Race of the soil, ready for conflict⁠—race of the conquering march!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "(No more credulity’s race, abiding-temper’d race,)",
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   {
    "text": "Race henceforth owning no law but the law of itself,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Race of passion and the storm.",
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