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... 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 , for instance , does not thank you if you call him an ...
... 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 , for instance , does not thank you if you call him an ...
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... question that matters is where one's real sympathies will lie when the pinch comes . The intellectuals who are so fond of balancing democracy against totalitarianism and ' proving ' that one is as bad as the other are simply frivolous ...
... question that matters is where one's real sympathies will lie when the pinch comes . The intellectuals who are so fond of balancing democracy against totalitarianism and ' proving ' that one is as bad as the other are simply frivolous ...
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... continue , the idea would survive . The difference between going down fighting , and surrendering without a fight , is by no means a question of ' honour ' and schoolboy heroics . Hitler said once The English Revolution 121.
... continue , the idea would survive . The difference between going down fighting , and surrendering without a fight , is by no means a question of ' honour ' and schoolboy heroics . Hitler said once The English Revolution 121.
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