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... values expressed in it , neither his belief in the innate decency of ordinary people nor his belief in the growth of socialist values . All that happened was that after the end of the war ( when the socialist revolution he foretold did ...
... values expressed in it , neither his belief in the innate decency of ordinary people nor his belief in the growth of socialist values . All that happened was that after the end of the war ( when the socialist revolution he foretold did ...
Page 25
... values are not to be created nor old values ' transfigured ' by the revolution , or in a new revolu- tionary consciousness ; they exist already in the decency , Introduction 25.
... values are not to be created nor old values ' transfigured ' by the revolution , or in a new revolu- tionary consciousness ; they exist already in the decency , Introduction 25.
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... values which have survived the competitive individualism and reduction of everything to money values , engendered by capitalism , which has almost swallowed the middle classes . They need but to be brought to the surface , to come up ...
... values which have survived the competitive individualism and reduction of everything to money values , engendered by capitalism , which has almost swallowed the middle classes . They need but to be brought to the surface , to come up ...
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