Is there any good reason why we cannot extend our multi-cultural generosity to include another dimension? That of time. The past, too, is another country. Its ghosts may look strange and frightening and slightly misshapen in body and mind, but all the more reason then, to welcome them to our shores.
"Political Correctness: Robert Bly and Philip Larkin". Lecture given at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, January 30, 1997.