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"Robin Williams may have been known as a fast-talking comedian with irrepressible energy, but Apple clearly remembered the dramatic power of his voice when it commissioned a TV ad for the iPad Air earlier this year. It included a sole passage of narration: the lesson on poetry and life delivered by Williams' character John Keating in the 1989 classic Dead Poets Society.\nAfter Williams' death on Monday, the words are that much more meaningful \u2014 and heartrending.\nSee also: Remembering Robin Williams: His Best Appearances on TV and Film\n\nWe don\u2019t read and write poetry because it\u2019s cute. We read and write poetry, because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering \u2014 these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love \u2014 these are what we stay alive for.\nTo quote from Whitman: \u2018O me, O life of the questions of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless. Of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer: That you are here. That life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.\u2019\nWhat will your verse be?\n\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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