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We have just been annotating "The Betrothed", the poem in which Kipling observes that "...a woman is only a woman, but a good Cigar is a Smoke". In its original publication it was entitled "The Meditation of William Kirkland". Can anyone place William Kirkland and offer a view on why he was identified with these sentiments ? Any thoughts will be most gratefully received. Good wishes to all, John R