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Mr. Keating: In my class, you will learn to think for yourselves again. You
will learn to savor words and languages. No matter what anybody tells you,
words and ideas can change the world. I see that look in Mr. Pitts' eyes like
medical school, right? Maybe. You may agree and think yes, we should
study our Mr. Pritcher and learn our rhyme and meter and go quietly about
the business of achieving other ambitions. Well, I have a secret for you.
Huddle Up...Huddle UP! 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. Medicine, law, business these are all
noble pursuits necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, and
love; these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman "Oh me, Oh
life of the question of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless
of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these? Oh me, Oh life."
"Answer...that you are here and life exists....You are here. Life exists, and
identity. The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse." The
powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse
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