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2.Kuo Pao Kun could have opted to rest comfortably on a bed, but he chose to stand.
3.If even the intellectuals today are unable or unwilling to recognise his many contributions, how can we blame the man in the street for being ignorant?
4.But who can truly give an accurate account of the spiritual journey of Kuo Pao Kun, and the value of the thoughts and cultural legacy that he left behind for Singapore and the world? Or, in short, tell Singaporeans who Kuo Pao Kun really was?
5.In a sense, Chinese intellectuals in Singapore with whom Kuo Pao Kun shared the same fate in the early years are best-placed to do so.
6.While there are many “soulless” people here, Kuo Pao Kun stuck stubbornly to his humanistic ideals and was always questioning and seeking “answers for the here and now”.
7.What process of reflection did Kuo Pao Kun go through to make him cut the umbilical cord and rise from the ashes? Where did he get his new source of mental strength to set off again all alone? How did he raise the old struggle into the pursuit of a new ideal that transcends ideology?
