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... outlook . Till recently it was thought proper to pretend that all human beings are very much alike , but in fact anyone able to use his eyes knows that the average of human behaviour differs enormously from country to country . Things ...
... outlook . Till recently it was thought proper to pretend that all human beings are very much alike , but in fact anyone able to use his eyes knows that the average of human behaviour differs enormously from country to country . Things ...
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... outlook than a person who has grown up in a slum . The effect of all this is a general softening of manners . It is enhanced by the fact that modern industrial methods tend always to demand less muscular effort and therefore to leave ...
... outlook than a person who has grown up in a slum . The effect of all this is a general softening of manners . It is enhanced by the fact that modern industrial methods tend always to demand less muscular effort and therefore to leave ...
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... outlook and habits between class and class are rapidly diminishing . In general , it would have recognized that the old - fashioned " proletarian revolution " is an impossibility . But all through the between - war years no Socialist ...
... outlook and habits between class and class are rapidly diminishing . In general , it would have recognized that the old - fashioned " proletarian revolution " is an impossibility . But all through the between - war years no Socialist ...
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