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... became more and more actively immersed in them . We lived our daily life and ate our daily bread in the shadow of recur- ring crises and catastrophes . When peace at last came in 1918 , it was , of course , like the break in the ...
... became more and more actively immersed in them . We lived our daily life and ate our daily bread in the shadow of recur- ring crises and catastrophes . When peace at last came in 1918 , it was , of course , like the break in the ...
Page 202
... became 50 years later the communal beliefs and desires which caused the Bolshevik revolution and has sub- sequently led to the spread of communism and the emerg- ence of communist governments all over the world . Again , the paranoid ...
... became 50 years later the communal beliefs and desires which caused the Bolshevik revolution and has sub- sequently led to the spread of communism and the emerg- ence of communist governments all over the world . Again , the paranoid ...
Page 238
... became ' Party policy ' , and were then never heard of again . I tried to mollify and console them by recommending to them the rule by which I regulated my life and its hopes and fears : ' Blessed is he who expects nothing , for un ...
... became ' Party policy ' , and were then never heard of again . I tried to mollify and console them by recommending to them the rule by which I regulated my life and its hopes and fears : ' Blessed is he who expects nothing , for un ...
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