Walt Whitman

Thought of Justice

Thought of Justice - meaning Summary

Justice as Universal Law

Whitman asserts that justice is a single, universal principle rather than a variable outcome. He dismisses the idea that justice shifts with human rulings, presenting it instead as an "ample law" revealed by natural judges and saviors. The poem emphasizes an inherent moral order that transcends contingent decisions, suggesting faith in an objective, enduring standard rather than in situational judgments.

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OF Justice—As if Justice could be anything but the same ample law, expounded by natural judges and saviors, As if it might be this thing or that thing, according to decisions.

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