user: You are a structured reasoning expert tasked with solving problems step by step. 
You first think about the reasoning process in the mind and then provide the answer. The reasoning process and answer should be enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> reasoning process here </think> <answer> answer here </answer>. 
Given a question and the associated knowledge graph triplets (entity, relation, entity), you are asked to answer the question with these triplets and your own knowledge. 
You can break down the original question into several sub-questions and explore the given knowledge graph to solve them step-by-step. If there are multiple possible answers, choose one as the final answer. 
After thinking, when you finally reach a conclusion, clearly state the answer within <answer> </answer> tags, i.e., <answer> answer here </answer>. 
Question: Which politician was elected in 1854 and influenced Whitman's poetry? 
Knowledge Triplets: ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.lyricist, Walt Whitman
Taylor Mali, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, common.topic.notable_types, Composition
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
D. H. Lawrence, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Hart Crane, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
william dean howells met walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Howells made a brief visit to New York, where he was intrigued by the poet Whitman.
William Michaelian, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William Dean Howells, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman met william dean howells
Walt Whitman, S. 384, music.composition.composer, Charles Ives
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, common.topic.notable_for, g.1z2spm_hj
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Miguel de Cervantes
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael Pendragon
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Peters
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He claimed transcendentalist Emerson's view of nature had inspired him, though Whitman's view was much more robust.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ebenezer Howard
D. H. Lawrence, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robert Peters, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ezra Pound, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, book.author.book_editions_published, Leaves of Grass (Library of American Poets)
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jorge Luis Borges
william dean howells met walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, met
Frank Stanford, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
Cormac McCarthy, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, people.person.quotations, To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
He claimed transcendentalist Emerson's view of nature had inspired him, though Whitman's view was much more robust., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections, walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Paul Éluard
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Jack Kerouac, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Pablo Neruda
ralph vaughan williams a fan of walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Ralph Vaughan Williams
jan christiaan smuts wrote book on walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, While studying in England, wrote a book about American poet Whitman, but could not get it published.
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people.
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.recordings, Look Down, Fair Moon
Walt Whitman, book.poem_character.appears_in_poems, A Supermarket in California
Another poem in the third edition, \"Children of Adam\", was also considered scandalous because it celebrated love outside marriage., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, There is no evidence that Whitman was homosexual, but there is no evidence of the children, either.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Bob Dylan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Vincent Louis Carrella
Walt Whitman edit 2, common.image.appears_in_topic_gallery, Historical poetry
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, David Biespiel
John Most, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired jan christiaan smuts, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.lyricist, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Brautigan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ebenezer Howard
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman, people.person.profession, Poet
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Oscar Wilde
Henry James, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Rudyard Kipling
Diane Wakoski, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Vincent Louis Carrella, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, music.lyricist.lyrics_written, Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love
Aberjhani, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Oton Župančič
Walter Lowenfels, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William Carlos Williams, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Thomas Hardy
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jorge Luis Borges
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, wrote poem about
Abraham Lincoln, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Aberjhani
Edgar Lee Masters, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Richard Rorty, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Wallace Stevens
Joseph Campbell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Schopenhauer
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, common.topic.notable_types, Composition
William Dean Howells, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Howells made a brief visit to New York, where he was intrigued by the poet Whitman.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Russell Banks
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ezra Pound
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Hart Crane
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edgar Allan Poe
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Cornel West
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, William Carlos Williams
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Most
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Abraham Lincoln
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Another poem in the third edition, \"Children of Adam\", was also considered scandalous because it celebrated love outside marriage.
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
George C. Cox, common.topic.image, Walt Whitman edit 2
Michael Cunningham, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Abraham Lincoln
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Fernando Pessoa
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman inspired jan christiaan smuts
Michael Pendragon, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Jan Smuts, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, While studying in England, wrote a book about American poet Whitman, but could not get it published.
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people.
He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Met editor Howells.
Edgar Allan Poe, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robinson Jeffers
Wallace Stevens, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Sherwood Anderson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Langston Hughes
Tristan Tzara, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired by
William Wordsworth, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Felice Picano, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Benjamin Barber
He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
David Biespiel, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Tristan Tzara
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Larry Heinemann
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edmund Wilson
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Rudyard Kipling
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, D. H. Lawrence
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Walt Whitman, common.topic.subject_of, Poets of the Past and Present in 2014 Spotlight
Philip Levine, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Edmund Wilson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, James Joyce
Clarence Darrow, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Darrow was inspired Inspired by Walt Whitman and was a member of the Walt Whitman Fellowship in Chicago.
Pablo Neruda, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, influenced
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Abraham Lincoln
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, The content of his poetry was equally controversial.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jack Kerouac
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Dos Passos
Federico García Lorca, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams.
Billy Childish, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Faulkner
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Wallace Stevens, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, The first volume contained 12 poems, the most notable being \"Song of Myself\".
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.composer, Ned Rorem
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Galway Kinnell
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired jan christiaan smuts, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Jan Smuts
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Paul Auster
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walter Lowenfels
william dean howells met walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Diane Wakoski
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals.
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Berryman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman
In 1873, Whitman had the first of a series of  strokes that left him partly paralyzed., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates, m.0c0z8zf
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates, m.0c0z8sr
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Charles Baudelaire
Edgar Allan Poe, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman
Robinson Jeffers, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Galway Kinnell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He went to live at his brother's home in Camden, NJ, and in 1874, he lost his government job.
Mary Oliver, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate.
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, In 1842 Whitman was editing a daily newspaper, the \"New York Aurora\".
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He inspired Darrow.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired
walt whitman inspired jan christiaan smuts, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
James Broughton, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired by
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Joseph Campbell
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Abraham Lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Clarence Darrow, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard McCann
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harry Northup
Ralph Waldo Emerson, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson
Langston Hughes, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Clarence Darrow
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Federico García Lorca
Henry James, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Guy de Maupassant
Harry Northup, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Walter Scott, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Darrow was inspired Inspired by Walt Whitman and was a member of the Walt Whitman Fellowship in Chicago.
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Milton
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Philip Levine
Benjamin Barber, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, common.topic.notable_for, g.1z2sr0wd8
Mary Hood, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Thomas Carlyle, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mary Oliver
Jan Smuts, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman inspired jan christiaan smuts
Russell Banks, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Green
Sherwood Anderson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael McClure
The first volume contained 12 poems, the most notable being \"Song of Myself\"., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
John Berryman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Henry Miller, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
Richard Brautigan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William Carlos Williams, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
Jack Kerouac, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, William Dean Howells
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He inspired Darrow.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mary Hood
John Green, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
James Salter, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry Miller
He inspired Darrow., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections, walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow
Edmund Wilson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Gertrude Stein
William Faulkner, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
m.03btdq_, influence.peer_relationship.peers, Walt Whitman
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walter Scott
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robinson Jeffers
William James, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
In 1873, Whitman had the first of a series of  strokes that left him partly paralyzed., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, He went to live at his brother's home in Camden, NJ, and in 1874, he lost his government job.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Johannes V. Jensen
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Cormac McCarthy
Jorge Luis Borges, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ernest Hemingway
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Larry Heinemann
Edmund Wilson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Rimbaud
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.peers, m.03btdq_
Benjamin Barber, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Jefferson
T. S. Eliot, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Dylan Thomas
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson
Paul Éluard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Felice Picano
Walt Whitman, music.lyricist.lyrics_written, Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon
William Wordsworth, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Wordsworth
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals.
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Luís de Camões
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, inspired
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, James Broughton
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Frank Stanford
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edgar Allan Poe
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Walt Whitman
Johannes V. Jensen, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced, Frank Lloyd Wright
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harold Bloom
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Carlyle
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jack Kerouac
He went to live at his brother's home in Camden, NJ, and in 1874, he lost his government job., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, In 1873, Whitman had the first of a series of  strokes that left him partly paralyzed.
Edwin Morgan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Charles Baudelaire
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael Cunningham
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Bob Dylan
In 1842 Whitman was editing a daily newspaper, the \"New York Aurora\"., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates, m.0c0z8s5
Paul Auster, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Fernando Cabrera, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
In 1842 Whitman was editing a daily newspaper, the \"New York Aurora\"., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Fernando Pessoa, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
william dean howells met walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, William Dean Howells
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He claimed transcendentalist Emerson's view of nature had inspired him, though Whitman's view was much more robust.
Michael C. Ford, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too., media_common.quotation.author, Walt Whitman
Michael McClure, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.composer, Ned Rorem
Clarence Darrow, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman
During the Civil War (1861-65), Whitman went to Fredericksburg after one of his brothers was wounded there., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, Another poem in the third edition, \"Children of Adam\", was also considered scandalous because it celebrated love outside marriage.
Another poem in the third edition, \"Children of Adam\", was also considered scandalous because it celebrated love outside marriage., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, During the Civil War (1861-65), Whitman went to Fredericksburg after one of his brothers was wounded there.
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, met
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Walt Whitman
Poets of the Past and Present in 2014 Spotlight, common.topic.subjects, Walt Whitman
Russell Banks, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Cornel West, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Clarence Darrow
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, D. H. Lawrence
James Salter, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Berryman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Carlos Williams
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Billy Childish
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
John Berryman, influence.influence_node.influenced, James Salter
There is no evidence that Whitman was homosexual, but there is no evidence of the children, either., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, Another poem in the third edition, \"Children of Adam\", was also considered scandalous because it celebrated love outside marriage.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Fernando Cabrera
Leaves of Grass (Library of American Poets), book.book_edition.author_editor, Walt Whitman
He went to live at his brother's home in Camden, NJ, and in 1874, he lost his government job., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
John Milton, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Oton Župančič, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Michaelian
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Rorty
Ralph Waldo Emerson, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Inspired Whitman, Melville.
Richard McCann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael C. Ford
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Taylor Mali
He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate.
ralph waldo emerson inspired walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Inspired Whitman, Melville.
Rudyard Kipling, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Russell Banks
John Dos Passos, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, T. S. Eliot
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Rimbaud
The content of his poetry was equally controversial., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Oscar Wilde, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Thomas Jefferson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Benjamin Barber
ralph vaughan williams a fan of walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, a fan of
In 1842 Whitman was editing a daily newspaper, the \"New York Aurora\"., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, Four years later he became the editor of the \"Brooklyn Daily Eagle\".
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edmund Wilson
He claimed transcendentalist Emerson's view of nature had inspired him, though Whitman's view was much more robust., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.recordings, Sometimes With One I Love
He inspired Darrow., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harold Bloom
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edgar Lee Masters

Answer: Abraham Lincoln