...[Assem. Doc. No. 11.] 9 let us, at all events, be honest, industrious, God-fearing men and women. " For the rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." We must all of us work, and few of us can choose what we will do at first. Let us remember that,...

...marijuis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon hia might, Gold faith he maunna fit' that ! " " The rank is but the guinea's stamp. The man's the gowd for a' that." I have italicised some of the words for easier reference. I must now say adieu ! a heart-warm,...

...Thus, while it is undoubtedly true that a literal prose translation of two such lines as these :— "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for n' tliat," would be miserably jejune as compared with the original ; the advocate of a prose translation...

...through for many a year, in spite of their boasted democracy. It will be long before all will discover " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." It cannot be a good sign in any country that the highest honour to which a citizen can aspire...

...alone are noble ; the coat is the business of the tailor, titles a matter for the Herald's office. ' The rank is but the guinea's stamp, the man's the gowd for a' that.' 1 Chambers' Life, i. 231. Burns had a right to think so : when he spoke at night in an inn,...

...smiling at the paraphernalia of those who bury their humanity under the trappings of rank or wealth: The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. Yet he can feel as much tenderness toward a little mouse that he had turned up in her nest with...

...pass him by — We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Our toils obscure, an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd' for a' that. II What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, an' a* that? Gie fools their silks,...

...pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that an' a' that, Our toil's obscure, an' a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-grey, an' a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves...

...pass him by. We dare be poor for a' that! Fora' that, and a' that. Our toils obscure, and a' that. The rank is but the guinea's stamp. The Man's the gowd for a' that. — What though on namely fare we dine. Wear hoddin grey, and a' that. in Gie fools their silks,...

...Scotland that idea came from other origins - parish schools, Presbyterianism, oatmeal and whisky perhaps, The rank is but the guinea's stamp The Man's the gowd for a' that... There is much in Robert Burns's "The Cottar's Saturday Night" that speaks to this argument:...