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That is the sort of opening that occurred to me to-night or rather a few days ago when I was cudgelling my brains for something to say on this extremely honourable tonst for me which has been offered to proposlilon. I admit that my mind had was somewhat at a loss but I
the wandered from the "how" to "why"you will still see the philo
(Laughter). sophie bent. I hope. wondered how it was that an English man from the south counties, I might say the southernest county, shoul
about be expected to know much
the your native poetry to propose toust to this venerable poet. I came to the conclusion that this must be
of another instance the working hypothesis the hypothesis being that a Governur can and is able, and therefore must propose this onerous! and, as I say, honourable toast. If self to some extent to say something I am right, then I might almost say about Robert Burns as a man, I do it is good healthy Scotch logic on not naturally propose, in the short which branch of science Scotland at time allotted to this speech, to cover the whole subject but I would rather one time prided itself. (Laughter).
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I an possessed of a certain amount "how." When one thinks of Robert! Burns, one thinks of a poet and I of conscience; I actually did not ask should like to make it perfectly clear for this honourable position to-night that I have no intention of entering but when it was imposed on me 1 his did study the authorities so far as into a technical discussion
I could and many of my friends have poetry. I have more than one rea-
been very kind in heaping books Bangkok
I read a great Calcutt son for declining that Ineumbency.
In the first place I suspect there about him on me.
who deal of what the authorities sold Colombo is a large number of people might be described as Burns "fans" about Burns, and a great deal of Delhi in the horrible modern lingo--I even what he suld of himself. To take suspect I can see one opposite me, only the first; the thing that struck Then there are also certain me more than anything else in the highbrows of poetry before whom authorities was the note that seemed should certainly hesitate to expose to predominute over most of their opinions and it might be expressed my Ignorance,
thus: "Robert, with all thy faults I love thee still." (Laughter).
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My second reason can better be put to you by illustration. When i
They praised him, and justly, but was in British Guiana a year or two
certain Pulsne even then there is an echo of faint ago, there was Judge who, I was told, was asked on condemnation and towards the end there is an one occasion whether he understood of their descriptions, the head lends
to shake a tile and what a very loquaelous negro lawyer said. This lawyer spoke intermin- evident sense of disapprobation as
agree that Robert Burns, outstanding n rule. ably and unfortunately fu me he
as he was in whatever society he was also on my Legislative Counci If you take a study of a human so I hud plenty of opportunities of character or life I think it must be found himself in, was undoubtedly hearing him. The Judge, in reply to said that the sharpness with which one of the latter class and therefore his questioner, said: "I understand you can portray the features of any least capable of clear delineation.
Perhaps it may be for that reason what he says but I do not understand individunt depends to a very con-
siderable degree upon the extent to that there has been a tendeney on critics and what he means." (Laughter).
of his part As between myself and Robert which the person being portrayed the
separate the man Burns, the converse is true because hind lived among or apart from, blographers to
There are many from the poet. Always, I should say I understand what he means but I his fellow men. am hanged if I can understand what people, many famous people, who dimeult to do and impossible in the
have Rone their
gait and ease of a man like Burns. He was he says, (Laughter),
The third reason why I do not stand out against the background of human nightingale who poured out propose to
theoretically or the people among whom they lived his sout easily, glad that he was in teclinically upon the poelry of Mr. with a sort of self conscious or un- peasant festion while still believing Burns because, in order to do so, conselous self isolation and, in such that he was a born poet. it would be necessary to quote him cases it is fairly easy to obtain a and 1 personally refuse to be a party biographical portrait. to the butchering of a good Scotch real to you. (Laughter).
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Burns As a Man
own
Lived Among People There are others who live among the people Intensely, who mingle with them and whose whole, life is As I have precluded myself from a part of theirs; who are most alive saying anything about his poetry as in their inter-actions with the people poetry, I suppose I must tackle my-around them; and I think you will'
Another thing about Burns was that he always lived the porn as he was writing it; he heard the wee birds sing, felt the pain of the hare, sensed the bewilderment-of-the-mouse,-was. his on fire when he called upon
the to emulate fellow Scotsmen
He was intensely deeds of Wallace. in love with the lady whom he was (Continued on Page 4.)
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