Patrick MacGill Quotes


Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts claim momentary attention, but otherwise the health of the battalion is perfect.


Citations

MacGill, Patrick. The Amateur Army. Herbert Jenkins, 1915, p. 65.

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Patrick MacGill
Patrick MacGill
  • Born: December 24, 1889
  • Died: November 22, 1963
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Journalist

Patrick MacGill was an Irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as "The Navvy Poet" because he had worked as a navvy before he began writing.