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... public schools which had been designed for just that purpose . England was ruled by an aristocracy constantly recruited from parvenus . And considering what energy the self - made men possessed , and consider- ing that they were buying ...
... public schools which had been designed for just that purpose . England was ruled by an aristocracy constantly recruited from parvenus . And considering what energy the self - made men possessed , and consider- ing that they were buying ...
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... public schools where the duty of dying for your country , if necessary , is laid down as the first and greatest of the Commandments . They had to feel themselves true patriots , even while they plundered their countrymen . Clearly there ...
... public schools where the duty of dying for your country , if necessary , is laid down as the first and greatest of the Commandments . They had to feel themselves true patriots , even while they plundered their countrymen . Clearly there ...
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... public schools and the older universities and flooding them with State - aided pupils chosen simply on grounds of ability . At present , public - school education is partly a training in class prejudice and partly a sort of tax that the ...
... public schools and the older universities and flooding them with State - aided pupils chosen simply on grounds of ability . At present , public - school education is partly a training in class prejudice and partly a sort of tax that the ...
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