I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world.
“In these confused times, the role of classical music is at the very core of the struggle to reassert cultural and ethical values that have always characterized our country and for which we have traditionally been honored and respected outside our shores.”
“Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.”