Essays, Poems and Tales of H. W. Nevinson, edited by H. N. Brailsford. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1948. Also quoted in Viscount Samuel, "Viscount Samuel's Book of Quotations", James Barrie, London, 1954.
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I should always like to follow in the path of Goethe when he said: "If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own".
— Henry Nevinson
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About Henry Nevinson
Henry Woodd Nevinson (11 October 1856 – 9 November 1941) was a British war correspondent during the Second Boer War and World War I, a campaigning journalist exposing slavery in western Africa, political commentator and suffragist.
About Henry Nevinson
Henry Woodd Nevinson (11 October 1856 – 9 November 1941) was a British war correspondent during the Second Boer War and World War I, a campaigning journalist exposing slavery in western Africa, political commentator and suffragist.
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