Robert Wilson Lynd

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Robert Wilson Lynd (1879 - 1949) was a British writer, an urbane literary essayist and strong Irish nationalist. He was born and educated in Belfast, and settled in Hampstead in London, as a contributor to many publications.

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  • The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
  • There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.
  • I am a confirmed believer in blessings in disguise. I prefer them undisguised when I myself happen to be the person blessed; in fact, I can scarcely recognize a blessing in disguise except when it is bestowed upon someone else.
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