Robert Burns Speaks
to America:
Affirming the Scottish humanitarian values that helped make America great
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Robert Burns (25 January 1759 -
An English officer once challenged him to a duel (fortunately it never took place!) because…
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President John F. Kennedy, 1963:
“When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations.
When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of
the richness and diversity of his existence.
When power corrupts, poetry cleanses,
for art establishes the basic human truths which must serve
as the touchstones of our judgment.”
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