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An Embarrassment of Heroes

By John Buchan

John Buchan warned that the great figures of history are often beyond their biographers’ comprehension.

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Posted November 23 2018

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Recognition

By John Buchan

Just as Richard Hannay was steeling himself to report failure in the hunt for a German agent, a stranger’s eye caught his own.

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Posted June 11 2018

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The Machinery of State

By John Buchan

Human beings should not be frantic cogs spinning away in the Government’s factory of Progress.

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Posted June 4 2018

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Revolution and Reaction

By John Buchan

John Buchan draws a distinction between political changes brought by violence and those brought by progress.

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Posted May 24 2018

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John Buchan

After two years in South Africa, a Scottish civil servant began turning out best-selling adventure tales.

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Posted April 29 2018

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Precision and Dispatch

By John Buchan

The first setbacks for the German Empire in the Great War came courtesy of ANZAC troops.

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Posted April 25 2018

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