While I do agree with the points made in class about Whitman desiring to remember all of the important things in life, things that are simple and honest and good, I also feel a little bit critical of this section. He talks about wanting to be like animals because they are not concerned with productivity and materialism and vanity, which is fair, but he criticizes humans for being sweaty, whiny, religious, materialistic, industrious, and the like without questioning what has made humans that way. I would argue that the negative traits he attaches here to humans (and almost, to human nature) are not inherent to humans but rather imposed on them by society, the government, the social contract, etc. I do not feel that it is completely fair of him to desire to be more like animals because he wants to be less like humans, especially since he spends so much time focusing on the beauty and strength in individuals. It makes sense that he would want to get away from these things, but I think the passage could be strengthened by a criticism of, say, ideological state apparatuses.