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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

“The best way to be rid of quaking knees is to keep a busy mind.”

Fear Courage Bravery

Book:Huntingtower

Source: Huntingtower

“A man’s courage is like a horse that refuses a fence; you have got to take him by the head and cram him at it again. If you don’t, he will funk worse next time. I hadn’t enough courage to be able to take chances with it, though I was afraid of many things, the thing I feared most was being afraid.”

Fear Courage Perseverance

Book:Mr. Standfast

Source: Mr. Standfast

“In the last two centuries mankind has advanced far on the road to toleration, one of the first of the civic virtues; but now an intolerant spirit is abroad which claims for this or that dogma the status of final truth, and would compel its acceptance by fire and sword.”

Truth Religion Fear Democracy Progress Thought Dogma Modernity Authoritarianism Regression

Book:The Interpreter's House - The Chancellor's Installation Address Delivered Before the University of Edinburgh, July 20th 1938

Source: The Interpreter's House - The Chancellor's Installation Address Delivered Before the University of Edinburgh, July 20th 1938