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John Buchan Quotes: Here were we wretched creatures of men making for each other's throats, and outraging the good earth which God had made so fair a habitation.
         

Here were we wretched creatures of men making for each other's throats, and outraging the good earth which God had made so fair a habitation.


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Here were we wretched creatures of men making for each other's throats, and outraging the good earth which God had made so fair a habitation.
         



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