‘A man’s a man,’ says Robert Burns,

’For a’ that, and a’ that;’

But though the song be clear and strong,

It lacks a note for a’ that.

The lout who’d shirk his daily work,

Yet claim his wage and a’ that,

Or beg when he might earn his bread,

Is not a man for a’ that.

II.

If all who ‘dine on homely fare’