Read the selected passage below from Walt Whitman’s “Crossin…

Read the selected passage below from Walt Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.”  Then, answer the question that follows the passage. The impalpable sustenance of me from all things at all hours ofthe day, The simple, compact, well-join’d scheme, myself disintegrated,every one disintegrated yet part of the scheme, The similitudes of the past and those of the future, The glories strung like beads on my smallest sights and hearings,on the walk in the street and the passage over the river, The current rushing so swiftly and swimming with me far away, The others that are to follow me, the ties between me and them, The certainty of others, the life, love, sight, hearing of others.   QUESTION:  True or False — The word certainty is personified in this passage.  Attribution:  Access for free at https://whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1881/poems/87. From:  Whitman, Walt. “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” Leaves of Grass. The Walt Whitman Archive. 1 Mar. 2021 https://whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1860/poems/122.

Mary was diagnosed with an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder…

Mary was diagnosed with an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that started with weakened facial muscles, which then progressed to failure of her respiratory muscles, and eventually affected her leg muscles.  This progressive muscular weakness is a disease termed: