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A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become - W H Auden
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On this day:
Battle of Stirling Bridge - 1297, Sack of Drogheda - 1649, Scotland votes Yes to a Scottish Parliament - 1997, Attacks by Islamisists on New York and Washington - 2001
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