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a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
- She looks out from her quaker cap, her face is clearer and more beautiful than the sky.Book 32 — FROM NOON TO STARRY NIGHT (20% in)
- ...or the Texan ranch, Comrade of Californians, comrade of free North-Westerners, (loving their big proportions,) Comrade of raftsmen and coalmen, comrade of all who shake hands and welcome to drink and meat, A learner with the simplest, a teacher of the thoughtfullest, A novice beginning yet experient of myriads of seasons, Of every hue and caste am I, of every rank and religion, A farmer, mechanic, artist, gentleman, sailor, quaker, Prisoner, fancy-man, rowdy, lawyer, physician, priest.Book 3 — Song of Myself (28% in)
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