How does the water symbology in Whitman's poetry connect to his philosophy on Transcendentalism?

Answer 1

http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/canam/whitman.htm
Use your Ctrl + F feature to search this webpage for the word water.

http://www.shepherd.edu/transweb/whitmannewyorkpage.htm

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