"...Allons! whoever you are come travel with me!
Traveling with me you find what never tires.
The earth never tires...
I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.

Allons! we must not stop here,
However sweet these laid-up stores, however convenient
  this dwelling we cannot remain here,
However shelter'd this port and however calm these waters
  we must not anchor here,...

Allons! the inducements shall be greater,
We will sail pathless and wild seas,
We will go where winds blow, waves dash, and the Yankee
  Clipper speeds by under full sail...

To take the best of the farmer's farm...
  and the fruits of orchards and flowers of gardens,...
To gather the minds of men out of their brains as you
   encounter them, to gather the love out of their hearts,...
To know the universe itself as a road, as many roads...

Forever alive, forever forward,...
They go! they go! I know that they go, but I know not where they go,
But I know that they go toward the best - toward something great...
Will you come travel with me?"

"Song of the Open Road" by Walt Whitman

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