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On any reckoning, the centenary of the armistice that brought the First World War to an end is a moment to stop and reThect. It is heartening that this especially poignant Remembrance Day will be thoughtfully observed by communities throughout Argyll, along with many others across the country.
One person who thought deeply about the catastrophic eThect of the First World War was the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. A year aTher the armistice he wrote his famous poem, The Second Coming, including the lines: