Unfortunately, there are many people in today's society who believe that the only way to learn is to sit at a desk and have someone explain the lesson and what you should learn from It. However, in order to make the most of the short time we have on this earth, this is simply not the case. There will never be a time when we can't learn something new. You might watch the sunset and realize that sometimes endings are beautiful, or while baking cookies you might realize how much you love someone. As you stand at the edge of the world, you may learn that sometimes the most precious aspects of life cannot be bought, or even captured. There should never be a day when our lives pass by and we are able to lay our heads at night and think to ourselves that we are satisfied with what we know. Whitman holds this belief wholeheartedly and is present in his “Song No. 46” as he composes: “And I said to my spirit When we become the winders of those spheres, and of the pleasure and knowledge of everything in them, should we be full and satisfied then? And my spirit said No, we just need to level that elevator to get through and continue on.” Whitman emphasizes that in life there will be no contempt. If contempt ever occurs, then it is critical that you take the necessary actions to chase the rest of the life you have yet to see. Travel the world to learn what you couldn't learn in your homeland. With this adventure you will definitely never be satisfied. Whitman also writes in “Song No. 46,” “Put your clothes on your shoulders, dear son, and I mine, and let us hasten onward, wonderful cities and free nations that we will recover as we go.” To expand on Whitman's thought of never limiting the walls of education simply to