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... France . Another is that , as Europeans go , the English are not intellectual . They have a horror of abstract thought , they feel no need for any philosophy or systematic " world - view " . Nor is this because they are " practical ...
... France . Another is that , as Europeans go , the English are not intellectual . They have a horror of abstract thought , they feel no need for any philosophy or systematic " world - view " . Nor is this because they are " practical ...
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... France " and " the French " , recogniz- ing France as an entity , a single civilization , which in fact it is . So also with ourselves . Looked at from the outside , even the Cockney and the Yorkshire- man have a strong family ...
... France " and " the French " , recogniz- ing France as an entity , a single civilization , which in fact it is . So also with ourselves . Looked at from the outside , even the Cockney and the Yorkshire- man have a strong family ...
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... France . After eight months of vaguely wondering what the war was about , the people suddenly knew what they had got to do : first , to get the army away from Dunkirk , and secondly to prevent invasion . It was like the awaken- ing of a ...
... France . After eight months of vaguely wondering what the war was about , the people suddenly knew what they had got to do : first , to get the army away from Dunkirk , and secondly to prevent invasion . It was like the awaken- ing of a ...
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