John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn & Other Stories, Penguin UK, 29 January 2009, p. 163
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Space is not an empty homogeneous medium, but full of intricate differences, intelligible and real, though not with our common reality.
— John Buchan on Intelligibility
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About John Buchan
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and politician who was Governor-General of Canada from 1935 to 1940.
About John Buchan
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and politician who was Governor-General of Canada from 1935 to 1940.
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