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... better for socialist intellectuals to give up vague talk of ' new values ' for a ' new age ' and to look under their noses at the actual values held by the common people . After all , it is their land ; they work it with their hands ...
... better for socialist intellectuals to give up vague talk of ' new values ' for a ' new age ' and to look under their noses at the actual values held by the common people . After all , it is their land ; they work it with their hands ...
Page 86
... better life is ahead for themselves and their children . The one sure earnest of that is that when they are taxed and overworked they shall see that the rich are being hit even harder . And if the rich squeal audibly , so much the better ...
... better life is ahead for themselves and their children . The one sure earnest of that is that when they are taxed and overworked they shall see that the rich are being hit even harder . And if the rich squeal audibly , so much the better ...
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... better ' than totalitarianism . To decide that one would have to have access to absolute standards . The only question that matters is where one's real sympathies will lie when the pinch comes . The intellectuals who are so fond of ...
... better ' than totalitarianism . To decide that one would have to have access to absolute standards . The only question that matters is where one's real sympathies will lie when the pinch comes . The intellectuals who are so fond of ...
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