#kleinbaum

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?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?

The Adaptable Educator's Book Review - Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum

"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."

L'homme n'est jamais aussi libre que lorsqu'il rêve (...) ce fut, est et restera la vérité.

One reads poetry because he is a member of the human race, and the human race is filled with passion! Medicin, law, banking - these are necessary to sustain life. But poetry, romance, love, beauty? These are what we stay alive for.