The answer is ward because it is often used when describing location
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I think they saw nature in a spiritual way as the collective "Over-soul" of all the souls that create and reside in every form in creation. That means that very soul is one with and is the Over-soul, which some call God, but Dickinson and Whitman may have thought that word had to much connections to organized religion which has a different definition than they had.
When you listen you’re actually focusing on what is being said, when you’re hearing you’re simply using your ears to hear sound not words.