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Quotes from Life's Handicap — Rudyard Kipling

1865–1936 England

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'Take your friend away. He has done with Hanuman, but Hanuman has not done with him.'

Life's Handicap (1891)

All gods have good points, just as have all priests. Personally, I attach much importance to Hanuman, and am kind to his people—the great gray apes of the hills. One never knows when one may want a friend.

Life's Handicap (1891)

East of Suez, some hold, the direct control of Providence ceases; Man being there handed over to the power of the Gods and Devils of Asia, and the Church of England Providence only exercising an occasional and modified supervision in the case of Englishmen.

Life's Handicap (1891)

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