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Page 55
... fighting . Nothing was more desolating at the beginning of this war than the way in which the whole of the older generation conspired to pretend that it was the war of 1914-18 over again . All the old duds were back on the job , THE ...
... fighting . Nothing was more desolating at the beginning of this war than the way in which the whole of the older generation conspired to pretend that it was the war of 1914-18 over again . All the old duds were back on the job , THE ...
Page 83
... fighting this war for the protection of peaceful peoples against Fascist aggression . Is it impossibly hopeful to think that such a policy as this could get a following in England ? A year ago , even six months ago , it would have been ...
... fighting this war for the protection of peaceful peoples against Fascist aggression . Is it impossibly hopeful to think that such a policy as this could get a following in England ? A year ago , even six months ago , it would have been ...
Page 89
... fighting for us . It is astonishing how this illusion fails to die . Every week sees its spate of letters to the press , pointing out that if we had a government with no Tories in it the Russians could hardly avoid coming round to our ...
... fighting for us . It is astonishing how this illusion fails to die . Every week sees its spate of letters to the press , pointing out that if we had a government with no Tories in it the Russians could hardly avoid coming round to our ...
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