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... 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 account of this fact . All such arguments boil ...
... 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 account of this fact . All such arguments boil ...
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... half- witted public - schoolboy is better fitted for command than an intelligent mechanic . Although there are gifted and honest individuals among them , we have got to break the grip of the monied class as a whole . England has got to ...
... half- witted public - schoolboy is better fitted for command than an intelligent mechanic . Although there are gifted and honest individuals among them , we have got to break the grip of the monied class as a whole . England has got to ...
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... half - consciously at keeping India as backward as possible . The classes most loyal to Britain are the princes , the land- owners and the business community - in general , the reactionary classes who are doing fairly well out of the ...
... half - consciously at keeping India as backward as possible . The classes most loyal to Britain are the princes , the land- owners and the business community - in general , the reactionary classes who are doing fairly well out of the ...
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