James Hilton Quote
Once, asked for his opinion of bayonet practice being carried on near the cricket pavilion, he answered, with that lazy, slightly asthmatic intonation that had been so often and so extravagantly imitated: It seems—to me—umph—a very vulgar way of killing people. The yarn was passed on and joyously appreciated—how Chips had told some big brass hat from the War Office that bayonet fighting was vulgar. Just like Chips. And they found an adjective for him—an adjective just beginning to be used: he was pre-War.
James Hilton
Once, asked for his opinion of bayonet practice being carried on near the cricket pavilion, he answered, with that lazy, slightly asthmatic intonation that had been so often and so extravagantly imitated: It seems—to me—umph—a very vulgar way of killing people. The yarn was passed on and joyously appreciated—how Chips had told some big brass hat from the War Office that bayonet fighting was vulgar. Just like Chips. And they found an adjective for him—an adjective just beginning to be used: he was pre-War.
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James Hilton may refer to:
James Hilton (academic) (born 1959), Vice Provost and University Librarian & Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan
James Hilton (designer) (born 1973), English designer
James Hilton (novelist) (1900–1954), English novelist
Jimmy Hilton (1883–1943), English rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s
James L. Hilton (born 1957), astronomer
James Hilton (academic) (born 1959), Vice Provost and University Librarian & Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan
James Hilton (designer) (born 1973), English designer
James Hilton (novelist) (1900–1954), English novelist
Jimmy Hilton (1883–1943), English rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s
James L. Hilton (born 1957), astronomer