The Power of Words and Poetry

Words and language. No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.

I see that look in Mr. Pitt's eye, like 19th century literature has nothing to do with going

to business school or medical school, right? Maybe. Mr. Hopkins,

you may agree with him thinking, "Yes, we should simply study our Mr. Pritchard

and learn our rhyme and meter and go quietly about the business of achieving other ambitions."

I have a little 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. Now medicine, law,