“Gie me a spark o’ natures fire, thats a’ the learning I desire:
Then, tho’ I drudge thro’ dub an’ mire at pleugh or cart,
my muse, tho’ hamely in attire, may touch my heart.”

Israel’s small but distinguished Scottish community may well be nursing hangovers and sore throats this week, after celebrating the anniversary of the birth [...]

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