[00:20.37]We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.
[00:23.75]We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.
[00:27.62]And the human race is filled with passion.
[00:30.59]
[00:32.37]And medicine, law, business, engineering,
[00:34.25]These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
[00:37.08]
[00:38.28]But poetry, beauty, romance, love,
[00:43.47]These are what we stay alive for.
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[00:46.29]To quote from Whitman
[00:46.72]
[00:48.40]"O me! O life!
[00:50.15]Of the questions of these recurring;
[00:52.71]Of the endless trains of the faithless
[00:55.14]Of cities filled with the foolish;
[00:56.98]What good amid these, O me, O life?"
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[01:58.73]We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.
[02:02.17]We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.
[02:05.82]And the human race is filled with passion.
[02:09.52]
[02:10.54]And medicine, law, business, engineering,
[02:12.51]These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
[02:16.97]
[02:17.84]But poetry,
[02:19.16]Beauty...
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We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.
We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.
And the human race is filled with passion.
And medicine, law, business, engineering,
These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
But poetry, beauty, romance, love,
These are what we stay alive for.
To quote from Whitman
"O me! O life!
Of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless
Of cities filled with the foolish;
What good amid these, O me, O life?"
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.
We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.
And the human race is filled with passion.
And medicine, law, business, engineering,
These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
But poetry,
Beauty...