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4 Th Caadia Sttesmn, owmatvileJan. 27. 1971 EWITOeRIAL COMMENT Snowmobiles "Our Cwn Sacred 14-5 lHîgh Street, Bowma n ville, Ont, January 22, 1971. ManiY People, in ouir western culJture havc eceenamusýed by fthe attitude of the Hindus in india toward cows. Fol- lowers of the Hindu religion believe that cows are sacred sQ they ' give thema ;p-ecia3l ttet They are allowedi to wÀander wherever thfeyv please and cause damage ard hardship in the course o theirwndrgs It is an offence to do anything wvhich rhiglit injure theseP beasts. These cows are neyer expected to do anythintg productiive buit simply rosi» about satisfYing their every des;- ire. it is now quitle evident that we have ro reason to mnalign the HÙ-dus as we -cet to have aregou group in our Own ,commun(II]ity ,7wbose followers hv theiir own «sacred cow", the snow- mnobile. Ths tollowers heid arevival maeeting at the last mneeting of Council to mnakr sure that n~othing was done to control these honored "beasts". These "'beasts" hv bee~n free to wanýder wb1ereve(r thy wshe-d -and hav\e defiedl ail obstacles which werc placed in their- way. Things like property rights, fen- ces, and the fact that the-y were annoy- ing otlhers have inot meacnt anything to them. They have torin down fences and clefied property owners who dared to suggest that tbey d4dn't have the right to trespass. 0f course. I arn being face- tious in sugg"estin,- that the "beasts" are at fault when the faul't really lies ,witb the leaders and followvers of this' new religion who force these "beasts" beyond their rightful limnits. Somoe of uis who !ive adjacent to propérty which is scheduled to be developed in the riear future are in the position of being defenceless because the- owners of thesé properties are not -presen,[to t conitrol the use of their land e,( thlese "eatsbave felt free to take ovier. Whien the "beasts" are out in force, one pse wit.hin a-, few feet of plur home,Î and other homes inl the area, every few seconds. The noise produced is muich rae thani by most other r otorized vehicles so there is a constant ~ggrvaton weneer hese snowmo- lie.-- are near. This caný be any hour of 4~lqe day onigh-ft becauise the By-Law spaedby Coun ýcil atL its last meeting eoes n iothing to coMtrol th-is..There ar-- A lot nf people who usc these fields to $,get to thecir homesi'wl into the early 1o' -rsý of the, mornihg. Theý By-Law a-i orî-iînally proposedH iniglhabýve r -in oethîng we couild t.5 lived with becajuse there were iniit ý,whicti ri»igt-ihave hbet fo yeUS reEP'r fo1,0 heconstan S~4#~but w ah l 1 tbý amendntsli", ta made ,at the-icCounicil TnC-Unapprecial Wtrh C-buiessnianr inc ý, 'lC a na da &a eaer, "is flot a popular per^- son." Ii14-e g(îes on, -ticlttr which -1 t rves- a wider auidienice, tîi sa y wh Y: "The stereotype of a buines-cGsmank1 ~4~~rtraed o a tleviionprograni tixn ago wais 1that of an un- aï~iul0us and rtlesdictator who $c'dstop at nohnïo get his ends Pmke a Profit. << eforWe princial laborboards, bis ~tvsare susý,pect by thevery facrt fhat le daresý corne there to contiest wt «If he âlattemptli to hold bis Cos Sby rs'tig heee-cninigdemn- ~ndafor ighe -wcgs, e is anti-labour. "If he asks Ottawa, for help, even ý n areas hr taw-rae prob- lems ,are tl1e sout-rce o etouble , h Si'od t oPop cmplaliing anid start ~ ~ suveys how that the Ulfllrof1tble operations is a et e tivP in the eyes ofscbooal uinîversity professors, rne5of the general pub- ê'NriÏa1, a mkg a prof it isi aý- ý ý%t incompatible with respDectabilîty. -~~ «And yet, -'-t is hi m- bsnes cl23 -Ili03 Cows"!' mneeting of January 16. Councillor, Hooper, Wbo seems to be the appointed leader of the new religious group says lwe sbould not restrict these "sacred cows" be-caus',e it would be bad for the economie health -of the community. It seems ironic that the president of the largest snowmobile manufacturer in the world recommends restrictiong (Toro(nto Daiiy Star of Thursday, Jan- uary7) Couincillar Hooper does not seem to 'be concernée! for the physîcal or menitaql 1bealth of the citizens whicb is tbreat1en ed by loss of sleep and constant noise attacks. He is concerned only that Jobs migbt be lost if limnits; are placed cni the sacred "beasts". If bis argument is a valid one, it is obvious that I and my1 colleagues in the teacbing profes- sionl were very remiss in allowing the "'Piil" to be approved for use because this approval bas bad'a great effect on birth rates whicb have declined consid- erabiy so there are fewer cbildrers being born wchich means a décline in student populations and fewer jbs for, teachers. Another comnment was that, snow- mobilers should policé themselves. This is a very idealistic solution and could oniy work in a l4topian society. This suggestion is the equivalent of ssyîng that we shouid put alcboolics in control cf the uise ofalcobol or let the inmates take charge of the asylum. The power of the members of the "new religion" bas been demonstrated by the way they were able to "convert" some of the members of Council to their way of thinking. I feel there are a large niajority of the citizens of this town Who are "non-believers" and/or against this mnovement. I would like to suggest that if they are at aIl in sympatby with my feelings, tbey should let their elect- ed representatives know. I bave be-en told that'the Police are to keep an ac- curate record of ail complaints so if you feel that you bave cause to com- plain, I hope you will not besitate ta caîl the Poljce. If thee do)es noi(t sceem to breý much support for tigbter restrictionsm on snow- mobiles, I will conclude fthat 1Iàarn mak- ing a greater issue of this than it des- erves and qthiis will leave me only two hopes, that the spring tbaw arrives in early FebruaRrY and that, before neéxt winter, the developers stârt work in the- adjacenit fields so tbe'y will nôit be avil able rnext winter. TJba rik you for letigm xrs my " feelingts. I bav'e not cmetdo mily feelings abotnte a.et8spects or ther opera.-tion of t'hese vebicles, becaui'se I -rtust that Poicillgsito vili brinig ;Oi1leçcnbols iii tJ ïs are-a in thec Jack Munldaýy ted Businessman ment 0 iin heworld alndth growth 11 the- economrY in thatcoutryis .arti i- Geran, akînig a profit is a bîghly rèespeýctabDle activity! "It, is Itîme, I fee l thata morefa arabile clîrnate for profitable bus7iness was cretedi Canlada and' in onle of 'il-e m-ast bîgl-iy gover2ïned sacieties ,,in- the worhid, the acbieving ofsmeis, 1 lonrwithir the power of the busi nebssman alone." Caniadians in all waiks of [fre could do worse th-an read, mark and inward- îy digest: this formidable indictmnent of a natýional state of mnd, oner thatf we would do well ta reverse if we aire e- ous about preserving a free sociîety. NEW WORLII I oeUhîs martningte)a aw d Of dlazzlîjng, sunsbine, ligbbi and shade, Thie-nw in de-e-p white caim, A veny f aliry-land had made lbreiy a a gala -er,-ne- The skyabv, pure turquoisen blu-, Ande eery spruce and evergne-en The-in skirts witb ermîne- bîmmreel; m'ide ne-w. And lovely violet shadows lie', Aeross the ways, none yet bais trod, On sue-h a monning, you and I May se-e-the- haadiwonk of God. -Marjonie- Curnnnghani Dunham Couity's Great Family lournal Ea,'tabilshe-d 117 ye-ars ago in 1854 Alsa Incrporaliîn The Bawm.pîîville News The Newcastle Inade-pende-si The Orona Newr Seodclaie niail registration rnumbe,)r 1561 Produced evEryv Wedne-sday by Pro>)iý[Pduel ve-ny Wdedby ThE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62 -66 Kîng St. W., Bowmanville-, Ontcane Phono 623-3303 loiIN M A' jMESý PATRICK GOULD GEO. P. MORRIS ErnoePuLI~mADTG MN4N.AGER BUýTS1NESS MGË. C(opyrit 'nt a r'r ioîpeery ru1'tc et ithflc imae ropearioq antm i P"t. Permîccieon to 1rpr'ducè ni îvhelorpin fit - a~idi aay txcm wthatsopele, pe lnyltry bv ptîete9rcphic or offset pîaea jei c pubicatîon, aurt kîe ebttamj tîeîa Qi.publislîer cnd fthe priater. Any uncruthorized rieproducttoa wvii bc utect z10 reneurs, jein w 16.0aya 6 monthr $3.50 $8.00 a Yer l in te Unted Statesf slictly in advancg Although êverY Precoution wilI be tekea te a vetd eZrrer The CGaedjati Skttesmea ci (cepte adverti7- iric ta, ttccolu m n-on the uadetancdipq gtht itt i t] oc leabl ti a ay èrrrin any evrteaa ' -jshd tereutîdei uolsc aProlcf et uch ,fiverti,,mt iii lrequested in writirn by the edverhte 0it re 'ne oTh 1ad Statema, bu' cTirecs office culy stired b he i, dverttcer lnd with rcuch erier o11, rretene plaly ntiated in writilg thcTeortnd riait a t Le ief eIVerTr,r enotd i. fot 1ercet'TMe Cetîrren ý"ltatcitobility chat] net eeedsuob portion oci 'r),entîre cenrt cf C. avetcaîa sth, spore e'C"pted hi' fli ateierrer bÊlete icwbhoe ,pore ccuptsd hi' suctbavetîeaet The Molst Serou sProblem Duing the pasi y ear Canada has dleaWtwuth Many problems, but ther is a least one tativlisty i us fo quite a whil and do) lots of damage before h M finally cdeaitwihunml- ment. bSu i nancial and psycho- logicaL. redbefore the H]ouse- orf, Coniimn aryibsWiir Finance Minjislter grBn sonbroghtforwartd a1e tion. ample the $150 mions special fund handed ove-rit th- provinces wn'tgz iv any concre resuILs before much latr uhs year.certain ly nuotbcSfoe te pak lA un- emlployaienit is reached thir> winte r A-noiher eail i the 10 per cenit raise granted ta those w,)ho u iyfor un- employnient insuran,,ce,. As 23 'EARS AGO (Jarx. 31, 1946) M1r.J. Roy FngsnSpt. nI Aminstraionfor North- wvîsîte-unbis ui,Mn.M. p Fall.s Mn. ntdi Mas EtNI Pcker- son, Toronta, spent a le-w tisys wiib bis parents, Mn. anti Mn. J. F. Niekansonm. Mns. Barney More T- rune, suffereti a painfulacci- dent Tbursday whrn ,slip felI on the- sire-e-t ire opposite Mantyni's Alleys. lïflhn She- struck awido e-ig- Fe-tsassist-c edhr tahpn ne-phe-n'h carLta Ie takri quîcly fr attntion oy ber physîcian. manvîlle, vwene çý-pnecipientof large suins -,f mone-y thlis we-ek. Ath we-ne winers- on eaSy nion1e-y conte-stpro granlis le-afune-clov-e-rtht'loa LAC Ha1rolti Caboura. &.C.APF, Labrador apecl la on bi arants, rMn.ianti Mrs. H. C. Cash[oura, King St., on a fling vweekenti vist. Haroltieuiihébis ew wvos flyng froni Labradaer ta Etinonton anti on be- ne- 'cur tnp lbis'paespet ai Toroto forth eeeni Gannet Riekarti, Sbaw's, Pre-ilie-at Oniarlo Cnop im- prove-nin Association, was b1e-anti ove-r tlie- radio Tl1uns- day noon, laar boadaq iealing wAth spei anti uteeds, 'Mrs. Lloyd Pose at Timle-, Brokinb, are spenti- ing a few, days wý,it is Rutb Purdy. Hamptan: sMn.Austi Bannon wýas bîti aiPa inisellaeou sbaen ibe-r a roatier of fart uepoe people will only get a few dollars more. On the othr haiýnd the Fedjeral Governmrentmight haveexeris-d Utlegea- erosiiy if it ha-cJdcdcided te put lmlb force ighbt away the mýe-asures roosdin the White Papeor tabled iithe, Hojuse l, asi earbyLabour Minlster BryceMacasey WvhitePape-r;unemployrd peopl e waull % entited ot, aus nich as $100 a week pro- vided they qualifed for maximumbeNfts. dhe rate cfnemwlcyien acrosi Ca1nada mainy rech liAs highas ineper cent, -pcoh- inceS such ias theMrime and Quebec. For man- inihi now, many spemcis, especially labour leaders, have predict- rd that unemployment was soan tabe-come the mor probfle i in Can&aa.Prime Minuteri Trudleau bas finally acknowledcrged those prec- tios rcenlyand 1he lmp- sefadm-itted tHat hIlwouldj be- the niaitc-nuiproblem 49 VEARS AGO (F-.2, 1922) MW.J Bratitianti e-ldeDudley, Floyti and Geralt 0f Reina, a lae jllin e-n parents,-, 7Mr.and Mn. J,-J C. Dudliey, Sale-m. Mn. W. J1. Cu-lley le-fS Tues- da1ýy mornhng fer Belfast, Ire-- landi, ta vîsit bis parents, Mn. e-ad iMns. Robent Culie-y, crossiFng on the M\ontraînii. Dr. and 'Mn'. R. E. Dni well were la Jane-ille lasi we-e-ek. we-ee-ni wth e-rmotber, MisNe-hie Guy.Oshawa spe-atthe w e-k rendlhM, re-gulattr admssion fe a t n1lgbt anti Ille sum was pre- soI eteIo1 M.EstonDanc of Pont Hope, sn (f Mn. D. D21nCh, Bwmnlle- hô brke b is le-g in afome hocey manr. Haehispro- gne-ssin favoialy ha Oha- wýa HospDita and expecis soon ta l. be-cnoveti ta Port Hope. Bowmavilewilha eas ScbuylIe-r Eiason of Mn. nti Mns. S. S. Etisal of ibIs town, bas 1be-enappDointed ta t a veny responsibie-poswition wilib the Norwich Union lIn- demrnity Co. of Ne-w York. Mn.- Etsali a Safe-ty Eag- ineen anti is now ýn cag of teEngineering pDe-pt, of tiis campany wblch ls ana of thle lange-st antilabe-StL M.Ae.Eo ti and so L ug !1 ta face Canada in 197-1, On the saine occasion, he boasted that inflation had finailly been maaaged. But the question that was Ieft uaanswered is: "Is the fight agat inst inflation mainly re- sponýsible for the great nuni- ber of unemployed people that we hâve today?" On %the Cther hand, uion people who always rrfused ta) go along with the gLuide- lines worked cout by the Prices anir ncarne Cmms songt ;a bit of mrlsup- port recceily whelin a group 'ttd that Pay assgrant- ed ini Canaýda wUere far small- er1 t.han the ra1ises lan produa- btvty and profits. But, this ýrepor t-namebit late and the labour leaders and un1-ion picople had to fightil alone in 1970ý AnYiyhow whaiever happcyn- e-d ir 1970 is now abit Irrele- va:nt; what. really counts i what the goverament will du during the camiag weeks and nianths ta eliminate un- eniployment across the coun- try. In the Editor's Maîl De-ar Editor: 1 really enjoy youtr spe-cial fe-atiure, Poet',î Carne-r, lb is -not only, enjoyaible ta re-ad, hul 1_s1alsoMost helpful iin Ietting young, aP.ýfiring posîs and poetesses express their feeling, Qulte often I bave nead somre excellent paemns in this section, anid niust comn- men-d not obly the cauthors but yvou, yoursel.f, in aillow- iag tha abe priate-d. Ia a amal but impotant way, the CaainStatpsman i dlolng -its part ta encourage Cana:,dian talent. Yours slnce-rely, Su-zanne Shetler, Oshawa, 3768 South Mission Rd, Fallhrook,, Calif., January 1, 1971 The Canadian Statesman, KigStreet W., Bownianviile, Ontario Mr. Editor: Being a subî;criber anci an aid resident of your a;rr-a (Ellzabethvllle-), and thirouýgh th odgraces cý f nau r nice-, avr)Iread your coa ajrticle b h adCo. of Chlirago, i urSnDicga Union Paper. Dr. Eclward HT. plum, N. M%. Cemc liEgineer, bas inveated a chemical1 that adCded ta water makeýs 15 slipý- pery, so that It reduces fric- tion in the pipes and has, Con sequeatly, aai1%Aln. diamneter hose wlll pass as nriumih water as a 2%,la. diaieter hose. The chem-i ical1 is a synthetir, called "ýPoly'etethylene Oxide". This niight save- considen- able tax money. Yours very truly, Mr, and Mrs. H. D. Fowlhe. MEMOUIAL IHOSPITAL WEEKLY REPORT We o f Jan. 18-24 inclusive Adm! iiýons ------- - 2 Bi, thsý- 1 male, 1 female 2 Mjaj)r ope-at --n-- il Sugar cand By Bill.Smiley TENDER, LOVING CARE FOR SNOWMOBILERS EveCn a winter sour-puss like me cannot but be affected when we bit one of those rare and perfect winter Today is one- of them. Snapping 12 degrees. Sun grinining down like an old, yellow lecher as fresh snow lifts virg- inal, b]Lue-wýhite, pleading bands. Sky as cold and blue, as Mr. Benson's heart. Ugly\, fallen-down fence in back .yard ba s vanished until spring. Picnic table is a loaf of white bread rising. Big spruce by the garage bolds witb dig- niity, in sagging, blue-green arms, the big lumps of heavy white cotton. In the country, evergreens are start- ling black clumps, of contrast. Ancient rail fences wîth jaunty, snow-capped posts run their erratic charm tbrougb the bluisb drifts. So do the snow-shoers. Skierýs whizz down, like gulîs swoop- ing for scraps. Anid the damned snow- mnobiles g-runt and bellow about like bulîs in a chaste china sbop. There. I knew somèthing would spoil it. Don't worry. I won' go into a diatribe about the stinkLng things. I consider them beneath my dignîty, I wouldn't 'ban tbý-em if I biad the power. Theyv're a wonde-rful machine for farmers, trappe-rs and others wbo need to get places tbey couldn't before., Somne of thP kids at aur scbool, who live on isle.nds, 'way out in the bay, cross tht- ice on the things, catch the school bus, drive. f orty minutes to scbo oh, then miake the return journey in the after- noon. You can't knock that. And they're fine for recreation, too, if they're used with same sense. But t'here's the rub. As a cabinet minister reimarked recently, on tbe subjet, "You can't legislate against stupiditly." And some otf the most stupid people I knowm own snowmobiler>. (Not you, gentle reader, not yau.) Yau don't go flying solo after an bour's instruction. And you bave ta pass, a fairly stiff test rowadays ta get a car driver's license. But it seems that any nyurp of a kid (or aduit) who can get one of nýthe THINGS started, and nat necessarily Spic e stopped, is free ta, go aut qnd coit maybem or suicide, -ni Wben I see some kid belting along at full throttle, on an icy road,, or try. ing to pass a car on the night, I sbud- der. And when I see mature, iddle- aged people attempting ciimbs and jumps and crossing thin ice that even an intelligent ape would sby at, I shake my head sadly. It seems that everyv third person you meet bas a twis-ýted ankie or a sprained shoulder or e benit bum. Then there are the gangs. The only dfiference between a motorcycle gang and a snowmobile gang is t1c speeid and the time of year. Bath Pré likeily to be half-stone-d, and both are pronie ta vandalism and indifferent to thefel ings of others. 1There's oniy one thing more bar- ing and annoying than the abuses of the things. And th-at is the constant conversation about tbem, at practically any gatbering, of people, anywbere, in mîdwinl er, Boring? It's enough ta, make the mind boggie. One used ta go ta a party and bave a party. One used ta eurl and sit around afterwards discussing thei gamne. One used to sit in the teachers'ý staff moom witb a 'croup of fairly in- telligent people and talk about cab.- bages andr kings and sealing waxiç nd tbingps. Now, ail you hear is a mrelange af carburetors and tracks and blorse-.po-. ers and feats of derring-do, most, of the latter gaining in each finterminableýý repetition. I know tbe-y wonder why I dotL eat lunch in the staff-rooam any more. But I'd rathersit in the cafeter.ia wîth 400 noisy students than sit in thr. staff.- room witb twelve or fou-rensow mnobilers bhellawîng at each other, eaeh. trying tok top the othe-r's s;tor 'y. I toid you I wasn't gaing fto wite 8' ý aditie And I wan't. The car sýtarted this morning. Classe-, went welh. My wîfe's in a decent mood. And mny dauigb-, ter got 88 and 90o nitlwa ssy And it WAS Fabauiu day, befoire that silver lining- turned into a blaek* cloud. Religion for Today The Genius of Robert Bjr-ns by Rev. GaCrdoni C. 'Smyth Jaur?5th was the-22tan- versary of the birtb of! Robe-rtBua Hie ic Scotla-nd's gneratest poet anIrd nat- ionl e-a. eanthinkof naio ther poe-t thu ee- ataovP, bis e-aunltryT"is smts,' saIdiens and st.atesmeLn as a symbol of devobian. More-,ove-r, it bas ne-er been pos-v sUil e estrict the atinual Bunas Nigbt, witb its toast to 'The Immartal Me- ony.' To attempi ta od(D o 50woLddis- banor BuLrna iSe;-the war, Winsto Churchi[l said: 'Our race in, these-is lands and arcurd the world bad bIte lion's heant. lb wasmy gooid fortuýne ,ta give the lion's roan.' Like-wise- there is an abidirig uni- vensaiity about Scatland's poe-t and be-no. On bis 200th a;nnive-nsary the Soviet ambassadlor ta the Court of St. James laid a wrcati-ibcbfone- the' Rurns sýtatue im. Ayr. la Tokyý,o atrnsato oi Buras' po'ems was issue-d in Jaipanecse-. Te-T-vison vewens i Itay hard bi,; ,songs broadcast from Ve-pice-. RoetBuýnnswa-, barri ýal Alla. way ý, ne-ar Ayr, in soutbwe-stern Scot- la3nd. Ris fathier, a tenaint farmer, was; ant itlietman, sincerely religiau, and of admirable characten, but nep-ver successful In bis calling. Robent bad a few ye-ans of schooliag but when he was 15 be- was alneady doing the- full work oi a farm ilaborer. It sbould ne-ver be- fongotten that JButnas was; a 'pe-asant,' althaugb71 a verY extrýaordinary on1e. Until be was 2 he biad ne-ver bravelied mrethian 10 miles firom bis b irtbplace. FHis poe-ms a-nd sangs ý'were wcîltt-i, ir the- iîrsb instance, foi r i-adi atelneigbboûr-iin urlSeat- lanel. Thle fomfaIhi% Kilmannick col- lection af pae-ms, 178M, ncourage-el hlmr ta go to Ediaburgh. T'le- ahonbeand hiterary saii. e-ty of the capfital made- mue-h of Rob- ent Burns. His Ediabungli edition, 11737, enableel bim ta make- a gene-nous gift ta a ýbrother stnuggling (onat the aid. fanrm. Society was not as gn-os -Fnend' i-ne-d and dineel him. HaIlw- e-ver, for practie-al encouragement of Iti,, genius thy btaineel for hlm onfly a mode-st ernployment in the excise. ser- The- poet took a farm' ne-an Dum- fries, He combineelfarming ,witb bis duties as excisamnan. Thene-, andl later ini Dumfries, be livee for the ne-st of isi 111e-, eompasing, as time permittedct he- sags wbich are- themotpparpt of bis wvorks. These- wene not happy yeans. The- olel pave-nty was closing ila "bout hlm. Ris he-albh was faiIinýý FH, rd i! ulvlst. 1l79',. braýse-l Itdh. wornied ove-' nbiswiie-'saprsebn corfrnement, mcianicheoiy ver bis car- -e-nr and y- hnigt h oet th-e future w(luld jusîýtîfy buj. H-is fînst biographer rwas rer_-ponsi. lefor t.he shanderous mythi, that Robert Burns wa hstned n this world hi the botïte-. Like mo-.st of bis contempor. anies he dnank, and somietimies to ex. ce-s,, Bt he was ne-ver a drunikard. H.* was a sniie loniely sou]. Sometimnei be foun-d salace- in correspondene-e witb clergymen fniends; at, times in bis Mas.ý aic connlectionl; at ottelr bimes in alco. bol. Howeve-r, bhis death was ýdwre ta a be-art condfition gicongl back to bard labon as a boy an the f arm, 0f ouse a canltraversy sblil gatbh- ens about b [is monalîty. I. woufld be n-. clined ta side witlh is felIow-co(untry.- man, Lord Rose-be-ny, who wrote-: 'He had the deets of bis qualities., Ris5 iimragintiJon ùf te-n led bim wrong, and ne-ver fmore than wibb womenl.' Tha ditiguisbed PrimeMnit- had the insi 'ght to add: 'We-;have iome- thing ta beratf for e-yen iiitE weýakne-ss oaime-n like Burni. Iad we nobig before us, in aur bahing livec buit sit the ideal wve might wvell faal aitoge-ther. Could we- se-e notbing: bult distat,uapoca i impecca- lity, we mýighb weilsiak prostrate iii the- wearîness af despair.' Wh1-at was bis genîus? Fris ýab-ility was; ta articulate what athers might feel but coutld not express with sue-h wit, perceptioni, and proipbetîc courag-e. H-e saw to it that Seottisb dialeet would1 be e-nshrined for ever. in 'To a Muse we have a practi- cal, phi-losaphy o f he wvhîch everyone, sbudponde-r. fin 'Haly Wiilie'sPrav- er' weve- s;al gdci-ýuncîion al o an mpossiîble religion of lgahiSl, reinscntof wfiat e-u b ta saay to scribe-s and phaniseEs. Iia 41s There For -Hone-st Paventy,' we ca aefre-slhbeant aver the pr'ospect af the hbrothe--rboc)of aI man, especia11ls if we necalthe stridtes made ainee those pnou-d, aristocratie- times wbie-b spark- e-d itL Ini'The Cotte-'s Satunday NigEt' we hiave a glimpse of a quality of firm- iiy lf e wbîc-h sbouhd le-ave uts wistfuil, if nof tou(cbed byv shame. Finally, In an age, when Secularnîsm gnows apaïcc, -we ne-ed ta be-ar Burns' strong voice- ealling us back ta ete-rnaI venitiles in lines of 'inmmartal memory' like tils 'Wheitnrain round in pleasune'% riïng, RleligQior n may be- blnded; Or if she -give a raadamn sting, lb mnay be-little m inded. But when in1 lu e we're tempe-st drive-a, A conscience bt a canker A rrepneteIxdwt L;s sUrF a noble aniCîoi.' M and >Distant Past Fromi the 1Statesman Files