Dear John
The quote is from The Naulahka (Chap 5):
The end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late
deceased,
And the epitaph drear:'A fool lies here who tried to hustle the East'
Perhaps there is more of Balestier than Kipling in the quote ?
Michael Jefferson
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From: John Radcliffe <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Sunday, July 16, 2000 9:44 AM
Subject: Fw: Origin of a quote
>This doesn't sound like RK to me. But has anyone any thoughts about it ?
>
>All good wishes, John R
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Robert McNair Scott (WARUN) <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 9:04 AM
>Subject: Origin of a quote
>
>
>> Dear Mr. Keskar,
>>
>> I understand that you are the secretary of the Kipling Society. I have
>> been trying to find the origin of a quote attributed to Rudyard Kipling,
>> with out success. I only have one verse, the last?
>>
>> It goes:
>>
>> At the end of the fight
>> is a tombstone white
>> with the name of the late deceased
>> an epitaph drear
>> a fool lies here
>> who tried to hustle the east.
>>
>> Would you tell me if this is indeed a quote from Rudyard Kipling and if
so
>> how I can find the source.
>>
>> Thank you for your trouble in this matter.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert McNair Scott
>> Walter Reed/AFRIMS Research Unit-Nepal
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