All 9 Uses of
prudent
in
Leaves of Grass
- prudence is in its place
Chpt 12 *prudence = good sense and caution
- Song of Prudence Manhattan's streets I saunter'd pondering, On Time, Space, Reality—on such as these, and abreast with them Prudence.†
Chpt 24
- Manhattan's streets I saunter'd pondering, On Time, Space, Reality——on such as these, and abreast with them Prudence.†
Chpt 24
- The last explanation always remains to be made about prudence, Little and large alike drop quietly aside from the prudence that suits immortality.†
Chpt 24
- The last explanation always remains to be made about prudence, Little and large alike drop quietly aside from the prudence that suits immortality.†
Chpt 24
- Whatever satisfies souls is true; Prudence entirely satisfies the craving and glut of souls, Itself only finally satisfies the soul, The soul has that measureless pride which revolts from every lesson but its own.†
Chpt 24
- Now I breathe the word of the prudence that walks abreast with time, space, reality, That answers the pride which refuses every lesson but its own.†
Chpt 24
- What is prudence is indivisible, Declines to separate one part of life from every part, Divides not the righteous from the unrighteous or the living from the dead, Matches every thought or act by its correlative, Knows no possible forgiveness or deputed atonement, Knows that the young man who composedly peril'd his life and lost it has done exceedingly well for himself without doubt, That he who never peril'd his life, but retains it to old age in riches and ease, has probably achiev'd…†
Chpt 24
- For only at last after many years, after chastity, friendship, procreation, prudence, and nakedness, After treading ground and breasting river and lake, After a loosen'd throat, after absorbing eras, temperaments, races, after knowledge, freedom, crimes, After complete faith, after clarifyings, elevations, and removing obstructions, After these and more, it is just possible there comes to a man, woman, the divine power to speak words; Then toward that man or that woman swiftly hasten…†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(prudent) sensible and careful