Quote#Death
They were happy years, the four I spent in Glasgow, for I was young…
Quote byJohn Buchan · 1875–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Salute to Adventurers (1915), Ch. 4 "Of a Stairhead and a Sea-Captain".
English (original)
They were happy years, the four I spent in Glasgow, for I was young and ardent, and had not yet suffered the grave miscarriage of hope which is our human lot.
— John Buchan
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