John Buchan Stories (1): the way of the world

We are all aware that trends and fashions come and go and often come round again. When I think of the repetitions in history, I immediately think of the memorable, pithy poem on the subject (and on our response to these occurrences) by Steve Turner. It was only this morning that I came across an earlier reference to this particular aspect of the course of history - by John Buchan. My thanks to Mike Parker of Rismedia for mentioning it.

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