“Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.”

— John Buchan

Pilgrim’s Way (1940)
Memory Hold-The-Door (1940)

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British politician 1875–1940

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