Who said, "To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life?"

EK	At the turn of the last century, when Britain was still the world's most powerful nation, Rudyard Kipling wrote To be born an Englishman is to win first prize in the lottery of life Apr 27 03, 2:40 AM

Yank	No, it was Cecil Rhodes... Apr 27 03, 2:42 AM

EK	EK says: Cecil John Rhodes? Sat Apr 26 20:43:14 CDT 2003 To be born an Englishman is to win first prize in God's lottery was his quote Late though... Sat Apr 26 20:44:19 CDT 2003 (Reposted as one entry - McG) May 04 03, 3:06 AM

McG

'God's lottery' attributed to Rhodes here: http://www.suntimes.co.za/2002/02/24/arts/ane01.asp 'lottery of life' is attributed to both Kipling and Rhodes. Kipling: http://members.aol.com/ukgay/earth.htm http://www.savvytraveler.org/show/features/2001/20010629/feature3.shtml Rhodes: http://www.tomkoinc.com/quotes.html?lastname=P and author=Cecil+Rhodes http://www.arkane.demon.co.uk/avatar/quotes.html http://member.melbpc.org.au/~greenp/quotes.txt May 04 03, 3:07 AM

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