2. Spraying hedgerows and ditches to kill weeds proved sadly 
detrimental to game birds who lost their nesting sites.
3. He was a prolific writer and wrote as many as six books a year. 
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The gist of the line is you'll never be a first-class writer or 
a first-class human being until you learn to show some 
small regard for human frailty. 
but the faultless cast of veterans and fresh-faced newcomers 
imbues every character with flawed and immensely appealing humanity. 
It has the feel of something slaved over lovingly in 
merry isolation, and it is virtually the only thing ...