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... accepted by almost all observers . One is that the English are not gifted artistically . They are not as musical as the Germans or Italians , painting and sculpture have never flourished in England as they have in France . Another is ...
... accepted by almost all observers . One is that the English are not gifted artistically . They are not as musical as the Germans or Italians , painting and sculpture have never flourished in England as they have in France . Another is ...
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... accept them ( and Dartmoor , and Borstal ) almost as they accept the weather . They are part of " the law " , which is assumed to be unalterable . Here one comes upon an all - important English trait : the respect for constitutionalism ...
... accept them ( and Dartmoor , and Borstal ) almost as they accept the weather . They are part of " the law " , which is assumed to be unalterable . Here one comes upon an all - important English trait : the respect for constitutionalism ...
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... accepted it in theory . An illusion can become a half - truth , a mask can alter the expression of a face . The familiar argu- ments to the effect that democracy is " just the same as " or " just as bad as " totalitarianism never take ...
... accepted it in theory . An illusion can become a half - truth , a mask can alter the expression of a face . The familiar argu- ments to the effect that democracy is " just the same as " or " just as bad as " totalitarianism never take ...
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