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... hypocrisy , their extreme gentleness , their deeply moral attitude to life , are all mirrored there . 66 The gentleness of the English civilization is perhaps its most marked characteristic . You notice it the instant you set foot on ...
... hypocrisy , their extreme gentleness , their deeply moral attitude to life , are all mirrored there . 66 The gentleness of the English civilization is perhaps its most marked characteristic . You notice it the instant you set foot on ...
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... hypocrisy is a powerful safeguard . The hanging judge , that evil old man in scarlet robe and horse - hair wig , whom nothing short of dynamite will ever teach what century he is living in , but who will at any rate interpret the law ...
... hypocrisy is a powerful safeguard . The hanging judge , that evil old man in scarlet robe and horse - hair wig , whom nothing short of dynamite will ever teach what century he is living in , but who will at any rate interpret the law ...
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... war , it will be deeply tinged with the charac- teristics that I have spoken of earlier . The intel- lectuals who hope to see it Russianized or Germanized will be disappointed . The gentleness , the hypocrisy THE LION AND THE UNICORN 43.
... war , it will be deeply tinged with the charac- teristics that I have spoken of earlier . The intel- lectuals who hope to see it Russianized or Germanized will be disappointed . The gentleness , the hypocrisy THE LION AND THE UNICORN 43.
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