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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "This is no book," he says: "who touches this touches a man."
account
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
aims
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From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
always
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From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
artificial
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From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
artist
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
attention
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
book
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From this reading "This is no book," he says: "who touches this touches a man."
challenging
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
chose
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From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
completely
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
conceal
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
conscious
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From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
credentials
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
cunningly
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
demand
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
denying
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
emerging
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
extrinsic
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From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
favored
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From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
form
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From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
give
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From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
identifying
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
illusions
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From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
impression
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From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
literally
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
literary
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From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
lose
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
man
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
mocking
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
more
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
natural
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
only
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
own
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
poet
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From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
possible
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From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
put-on
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From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
reader
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From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
reality
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From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
revealing
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
says
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From this reading "This is no book," he says: "who touches this touches a man."
seek
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
seeks
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From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
self-revelation
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From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
sense
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From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
spontaneous
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
stand
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From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
terms
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
there
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From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The form the poet chose favored this self-revelation; there is nothing, no outside conscious art, to stand between himself and his reader.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
too
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From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
touches
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From this reading "This is no book," he says: "who touches this touches a man."
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
usual
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From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
veils
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From this reading He aims to give us reality without the usual literary veils and illusions,--the least possible amount of the artificial, the extrinsic, the put-on, between himself and his reader.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
Whitman
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From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "This is no book," he says: "who touches this touches a man."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Never did the artist more cunningly conceal himself; never did he so completely lose himself in the man, identifying himself with the natural and spontaneous; never emerging and challenging attention on his own account, denying us when we too literally seek him, mocking us when we demand his credentials, and revealing himself only when we have come to him upon his own terms.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading In one sense Whitman is without art,--the impression which he always seeks to make is that of reality itself.
