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Anthony Camerano / AP The Purpose of Poetry
In a 1963 eulogy for Robert Frost, John F. Kennedy described poetry as "the means of saving power from itself."
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Associated Press JFK’s New Industrial State
As New England’s textile-mill business and other industries fled to the low-wage South, a freshman senator from Massachusetts suggested a solution.
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Henry Burroughs / AP Poetry and Power
"A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers"
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AP New England and the South
“The southward migration of industry from New England has too frequently taken place for causes other than normal competition and natural advantages.”
