Canadians look down on the ... by Irving Layton, a Canadian Poet

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“Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell.”

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Name: Irving Layton

Nationality: Canadian

Date of Birth: Mar 12, 1912

Date of Death: Jan 4, 2006

Profession: Poet

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Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell.

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