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

From

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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