These lines....' Oh the gift he give us to see us as others see us' ? I thought it was Burns, but what I thought turn out to be Ode to a mouse....not with these lines.... Steve
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Not sure on that Steve, but the quote by Burns is as follows;
"Oh, that God the gift would give us to see ourselves as others see us." - Robert Burns
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