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"Honest intention will not cure faulty practice."
John BuchanI am nothing — a will-o-the-wisp at your service — a clod of vivified — John Buchan
"I am nothing — a will-o-the-wisp at your service — a clod of vivified dust whom its progenitors christened Amos Midwinter. I have no possession but my name, and no calling but that of philosopher. Naked I came from the earth, and naked I will return to it."
John Buchan
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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian, British Army officer, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
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