In the passage, Whitman uses the word "harbor" to create both positive feelings and associations with safety in the mind of his readers.
An inference is a process through which a reader deduces the meaning of a word and information that are associated with a passage written by a writer (author) of a literary work, especially through induction.
Based on the passage, we can infer and logically conclude that Whitman used the word "harbor" to create both positive feelings and associations with safety in the mind of his readers.
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