Robert Burns
Dennis Speed: Today we’re going to get at how people have to begin to reconsider how they should think, in this situation, a situation in which what’s really going on, is a fundamental question that confronts people.
Right now in the United States, on either the left or the right neither of which actually exist, by the way people who believe themselves to be on the left or the right are talking about fears of a civil war. Some are talking about the
need for a civil war in the United States. Such a thing would essentially end up with billions of people dead.
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An illustration from the first edition of
âThe Master of Ballantraeâ
“I was walking one night in the verandah of a small house in which I lived, outside the hamlet of Saranac. It was winter; the night was very dark; the air extraordinary clear and cold, and sweet with the purity of forests. From a good way below, the river was to be heard contending with ice and boulders; a few lights appeared, scattered unevenly among the darkness, but so far away as not to lessen the sense of isolation. For the making of a story here were fine conditions. ‘Come,’ I said to my engine, ‘Let us make a tale, a story of many years and countries, of the sea and the land, savagery and civilization. ”
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Sam, you were the “loser” and had to skinny dip in the ocean. How cold was it?
Sam Heughan: I have swam in many oceans. I’ve swam in the Arctic Ocean, in the Arctic circle. It’s pretty freezing in the North Sea, but surprisingly not as cold as I thought it would be. We have these beautiful beaches in Scotland, with golden sands, blue sea, and palm trees in some places because we have the Gulf stream, which warms the water a little bit. Now, having said that I would not suggest anyone does it without a wetsuit.