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Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy Quotes

British saint (1883–1929)

Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (27 June 1883 – 8 March 1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers.

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Birth Name: Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy
Also Known As: Woodbine Willie

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Waste of Blood, and waste of Tears
Waste of youth's most precious years,
Waste of ways the saints have trod,
Waste of Glory, waste of God,
War!

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That in life's garden there might be
June roses in December.

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