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Page 64
... possible . Ten years of systematic Blimp - baiting affected even the Blimps themselves and made it harder than it had been before to get intelligent young men to enter the armed forces . Given the stagnation of the Empire the military ...
... possible . Ten years of systematic Blimp - baiting affected even the Blimps themselves and made it harder than it had been before to get intelligent young men to enter the armed forces . Given the stagnation of the Empire the military ...
Page 105
... possible to eliminate the class of mere owners who live not by virtue of anything they produce but by the possession of title - deeds and share certifi- cates . State - ownership implies , therefore , that nobody shall live without ...
... possible to eliminate the class of mere owners who live not by virtue of anything they produce but by the possession of title - deeds and share certifi- cates . State - ownership implies , therefore , that nobody shall live without ...
Page 121
... possible for this war to end with Hitler in secure possession of Europe , and with the British Empire intact and British sea- power barely affected . But ideologically it is not possible ; were Hitler to make an offer along those lines ...
... possible for this war to end with Hitler in secure possession of Europe , and with the British Empire intact and British sea- power barely affected . But ideologically it is not possible ; were Hitler to make an offer along those lines ...
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