"... In my class, you will learn to think for yourselves again, to savor words and language. No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world...We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we're members of the human race and the human race is filled with passion. 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 may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?..."
Isso marca meu ultimo dia de curso.
