No one else can travel that road for you.
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself, 46 (Leaves of Grass)
No one else can travel that road for you.
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself, 46 (Leaves of Grass)
What it means
Teachers can point, friends can walk beside you, but the road is yours to walk. Whitman adds that it is not far and may be under your feet already. Take the first step yourself.
The source
"No one else can travel that road for you." Walt Whitman said it in Song of Myself, 46 (Leaves of Grass). Written in English: Leaves of Grass, 1891-92 edition.
"Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you, / You must travel it for yourself."Original English (Leaves of Grass, 1891-92 edition), Song of Myself, 46 (Leaves of Grass). Text read at gutenberg.org.
Who said it
Walt Whitman (1819–1892). American poet who spent his life rewriting and expanding one book, Leaves of Grass, including Song of Myself and Song of the Open Road.
Questions
- What does "No one else can travel that road for you." mean?
- Teachers can point, friends can walk beside you, but the road is yours to walk. Whitman adds that it is not far and may be under your feet already. Take the first step yourself.
- Who said "No one else can travel that road for you."?
- Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Source: Song of Myself, 46 (Leaves of Grass).
- What is the original wording?
- Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you, / You must travel it for yourself (Original English (Leaves of Grass, 1891-92 edition)). Written in English: Leaves of Grass, 1891-92 edition.
- Is "No one else can travel that road for you." on a shirt?
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Cite this line
"No one else can travel that road for you." (Walt Whitman, Song of Myself, 46 (Leaves of Grass), trans. Original English (Leaves of Grass, 1891-92 edition)). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/no-one-else-can-travel-that-road-for
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More from Walt Whitman
- I am large. I contain multitudes.Song of Myself, 51 (Leaves of Grass)
- Not a bit tamed. Sound your barbaric yawp.Song of Myself, 52 (Leaves of Grass)
- Missed me in one place? Search another. Keep encouraged.Song of Myself, 52 (Leaves of Grass)
- Afoot and light-hearted, the world before me.Song of the Open Road, 1 (Leaves of Grass)
- I am larger, better than I thought.Song of the Open Road, 5 (Leaves of Grass)
- We convince by our presence.Song of the Open Road, 10 (Leaves of Grass)