This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best. Night, sleep, and the stars.

Walt Whitman
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The day is gone. The lesson done. The book closed for the night. The sun has set, the moon has risen, and it’s time to sleep.

But, you can’t sleep yet. You have your mind so fully engaged with the world that you have no desire to spend your nights in slumber. You still have so much more to learn, and you know it.

Your love of learning will not stop until you reach your final destination, and will not stop until you achieve perfection at whatever field of learning. So, like the stars in the night sky, your soul is free to roam without boundaries and without concern about anything other than what you need to learn today and what you need to learn tomorrow.

Source: Leaves Of Grass

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