I'm really bad at reading handwriting

My Intial Observations
Please bear with me, I'm trying very hard to decipher his handwriting. Scrolling through Whitman's notebook a few words that stuck out to me in my attempt to make out words were "philosophy" and "religion". This shows to me that Whitman is constantly thinking about and questioning life and the meaning of it. Topics like philosophy and religion, which discuss the meaning and purpose of life, come into play here. Reading Whitman's poems, it seems that Whitman believes that humanity is insignificant in the grand scheme of life. On page 10, there's finally a whole phrase I can understand: "Ship of the World- Ship of Humanity- Ship of the ages.....Ship of the hope of the world- Ship of Promise". This poem even further reveals that Whitman likes to look at human existence as a whole, looking at the "bigger picture". Lastly, in the last couple of pages, there is the phrase "The last war", and on the next page there is a skeletal creature with a pin-struck heart for a body, wearing a hat. I interpreted this as Whitman's perspective changing as he experienced life though the Civil War. It probably led him to becoming interested in the concept of death, as well as critiquing America, its ideologies, and its government.

After reading the notes...
After reading the notes, it seems that all of the notebook notes surrounds the Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln (which was sort of a surprise to me). It seems that Whitman took a special interest in the war and in Lincoln. I imagine that it made him question the American citizens and its foundation, the government. And maybe the contrasting ideologies and conflicts that led to the Civil War? It also seems that the war led to Whitman developing a fascination with life and death. On the notes about the religion page, there was talk about the notes being connected to Whitman's "Changing the Square Deific"., where he proposed that there are four sides to God, including Christ and simultaneously Satan. This could be connected to the dividing sides of the North and South within the War. Overall, the war and American democracy had an obvious impact of Whitman and his writing.