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    Have a look at "How the Scots invented the Modern World". Available at Amazon (and other places). Interesting read, full of good stories.

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    Yes, I have Arthur Herman's book. It was very interesting.
    I guess this was a slow topic; sorry about that.
    I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
    Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…

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    To me the greatest character of the Scottish Enlightenment in which there were so many great characters, scholars, writers, scientists, engineers etc., was the one and only Robert Burns who was a revelation in his time in Edinburgh

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy View Post
    To me the greatest character of the Scottish Enlightenment in which there were so many great characters, scholars, writers, scientists, engineers etc., was the one and only Robert Burns who was a revelation in his time in Edinburgh
    Seconded.

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