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John Hay Beith Biography

Major General John Hay Beith, CBE (17 April 1876 – 22 September 1952), was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but he is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay.

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Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention.

Confession, Ghastly, Intention, Marriage, Private, Public

Today a Scot is leading a British army in France [Field Marshall Douglas Haig], another is commanding the British Grand Fleet at sea [Admiral David Beatty], while a third directs the Imperial General Staff at home [Sir William Roberton]. The Lord Chancellor is a Scot [Viscount Finlay]; so are the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Foreign Secretary [Bonar Law and Arthur Balfour]. The Prime Minister is a Welshman [David Lloyd George], and the First Lord of the Admiralty is an Irishman [Lord Carson]. Yet no one has ever brought in a bill to give home rule to England!

Army, Brought, Chancellor, Home, Imperial, Sea

War is hell and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace time.

Funny, Nuisance, Nuisances, Small, War, Wipes

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