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

John Buchan

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Topic

Paying it forward

Author

John Buchan

Source

Address to Boy Scouts

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Buchan, John. Address to the people of Canada on the coronation of George VI. 12 May 1937, Canada.

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