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... past , there is something in it that persists , as in a living creature . What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840 ? But then , what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother ...
... past , there is something in it that persists , as in a living creature . What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840 ? But then , what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother ...
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... past three - quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class . In the years between 1920 and 1940 it was hap- pening with the speed of a chemical reaction . Yet at the moment of writing it is still possible to ...
... past three - quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class . In the years between 1920 and 1940 it was hap- pening with the speed of a chemical reaction . Yet at the moment of writing it is still possible to ...
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... past , will be its bitter enemies . Inevitably they will denounce it as " Fascism " . Already it is customary among the more soft - boiled intellectuals of the Left to declare that if we fight against the Nazis we shall " go Nazi ...
... past , will be its bitter enemies . Inevitably they will denounce it as " Fascism " . Already it is customary among the more soft - boiled intellectuals of the Left to declare that if we fight against the Nazis we shall " go Nazi ...
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