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Former Governor General of Canada

John Buchan, born on August 26, 1875, and died on February 11, 1940, was a former Governor General of Canada and a renowned novelist and historian. He is best known for his historical novels and adventure stories, which have won the hearts of readers worldwide.

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Famous John Buchan Quotes

“In our modern world we have seen inaugurated the reign of a dull bourgeois rationalism, which finds some inadequate reason for all things in heaven and earth and makes a god of its own infallibility.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of John Buchan (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Buchan (Illustrated)

“The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.”

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Book:The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies

Source: The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies