It is a melancholy fact which exponents of democracy must face that, while all men may be on a level in the eyes of the State, they will continue in … - John Buchan
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It is a melancholy fact which exponents of democracy must face that, while all men may be on a level in the eyes of the State, they will continue in fact to be preposterously unequal.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and politician who was Governor-General of Canada from 1935 to 1940.
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Also Known As
Native Name:
John Buchan, 1. Baron Tweedsmuir
Alternative Names:
Lord Tweedsmuir
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Sir John Buchan
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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
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John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir
I was a peaceful sedentary man, a lover of a quiet life, with no appetite for perils and commotions. But I was beginning to realise that I was very obstinate.
I mused upon the ironic fate which had compelled a mathematical genius to make his sole confidant of a philistine lawyer, and induced that lawyer to repeat it confusedly to an ignoramus at twilight on a Scotch hill.
It was foreordained that I should go alone to Umvelos', and in the promptings of my own infallible heart I believed I saw the workings of Omnipotence. Such is our moral arrogance, and yet without such a belief I think that mankind would have ever been content to bide sluggishly at home.
