The 19th-century scholar and educationalist J S Blackie summed up Burns\'s importance to Scotland and the Scots with the words:\'When Scotland forgets Burns, then history will forget Scotland.\'Today, Burns is unique in the affection and fascination that his memory inspires..
The 19th-century scholar and educationalist J S Blackie summed up Burns\'s importance to Scotland and the Scots with the words:\'When Scotland forgets Burns, then history will forget Scotland.\'Today, Burns is unique in the affection and fascination that his memory inspires.