Did Walt Whitman say “Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes”?
SAPIR 861 · QUOTE CHECK
Did Walt Whitman say “Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes”?
Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to Walt Whitman. Source and location below.
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)
Leaves of Grass — Walt Whitman, BOOK III · ¶489 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #1322 · source
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (WLC), CC BY 4.0