John Buchan

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    And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death.
    —Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 6:8.

    Civilization is a conspiracy.... Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.
    —John Buchan (1875–1940)