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John Buchan on New Year

1875–1940 Scotland

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We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

Time, they say, must the best of us capture,
And travel and battle and gems and gold
No more can kindle the ancient rapture,
For even the youngest of hearts grows old.

Prester John (1910)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Buchan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.