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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.

Walt Whitman
Men, Cities, Leaves Of Grass
Walt Whitman (2016). “Poems by Walt Whitman”, p.74, Read Books Ltd
The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.