Amerikalı Yazar Walt Whitman tarafından yazılmış Leaves of Grass şiir serisinin içinde yer alan, orjinalinin en bilinen kısmı aşağıdaki gibi olan şiirdir.
Do I contradict myself?
Very well, then, I contradict myself;
(I am large;I contain multitudes.)
Vivas to those who have fail'd!
And to those whose war-vessels sank in the sea!
And to those themselves who sank in the sea!
And to all generals that lost engagements, and all overcome
heroes!
And the numberless unknown heroes equal to the greatest
heroes known!
