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East And West
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Do you think integration between East and West European countries worked?
I don't think it has, I find that the future East you go the more violent the way country is.
I don't think it has, I find that the future East you go the more violent the way country is.
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//ts first line is often quoted sometimes to ascribe racism to Kipling, particularly in regard to his views on Asians.Those who quote it thus often completely miss the third and fourth lines. The full refrain, with which the poem opens and closes, includes a contradiction of the opening line.
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
— lines 1-4 //
//ts first line is often quoted sometimes to ascribe racism to Kipling, particularly in regard to his views on Asians.Those who quote it thus often completely miss the third and fourth lines. The full refrain, with which the poem opens and closes, includes a contradiction of the opening line.
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
— lines 1-4 //