“The social, friendly, honest man,
Whate'er he be,
'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan,
And none but he!”

—  Robert Burns

Second Epistle to J. Lapraik, st. 15 (1786).

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Scottish poet and lyricist 1759–1796

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