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... possessed a culture of its own . One gets a better view of this question if one considers the minor point first . It is quite true that the so - called races of Britain feel themselves to be very different from one another . A Scotsman ...
... possessed a culture of its own . One gets a better view of this question if one considers the minor point first . It is quite true that the so - called races of Britain feel themselves to be very different from one another . A Scotsman ...
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... possessed , and considering that they were buying their way into a class which at any rate had a tradition of public service , one might have expected that able rulers could be produced in some such way . And yet somehow the ruling ...
... possessed , and considering that they were buying their way into a class which at any rate had a tradition of public service , one might have expected that able rulers could be produced in some such way . And yet somehow the ruling ...
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... possessed a greater gift for spotting the personality behind the rags , or described the reality of poverty with so little pretence . ' Uncommonly good reading and a social document of some value . It is , indeed , the best book of its ...
... possessed a greater gift for spotting the personality behind the rags , or described the reality of poverty with so little pretence . ' Uncommonly good reading and a social document of some value . It is , indeed , the best book of its ...
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