I HEAR it was charged against me that I sought to destroy <br /> institutions; <br /> But really I am neither for nor against institutions; <br /> (What indeed have I in common with them?--Or what with the <br /> destruction of them?) <br /> Only I will establish in the Mannahatta, and in every city of These <br /> States, inland and seaboard, <br /> And in the fields and woods, and above every keel, little or large, <br /> that dents the water, <br /> Without edifices, or rules, or trustees, or any argument, <br /> The institution of the dear love of comrades.<br /><br />Walt Whitman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-hear-it-was-charged-against-me/
