Read the excerpt below by Walt Whitman.Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people.Which statement best summarizes the excerpt?

Whitman contrasts other lands, where vitality comes from “a few, a class,” with “we,” whose vitality comes from “the bulk of our people.” “We” refers to the United States, and “the bulk” means most or ordinary people. Therefore, the excerpt says that the common people in the United States give the nation its vitality.

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