| [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. |
| [00:45.10] | |
| [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?" |
| [00:59.50] | |
| [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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