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... Dunkirk ! ) has more appeal than a brilliant victory . The most stirring battle- poem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction . And of the last war , the four names which have really engraved ...
... Dunkirk ! ) has more appeal than a brilliant victory . The most stirring battle- poem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction . And of the last war , the four names which have really engraved ...
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... Dunkirk , and secondly to prevent invasion . It was like the awaken- ing of a giant . Quick ! Danger ! The Philistines be upon thee , Samson ! And then the swift unanimous action - and then , alas , the prompt relapse into sleep . In a ...
... Dunkirk , and secondly to prevent invasion . It was like the awaken- ing of a giant . Quick ! Danger ! The Philistines be upon thee , Samson ! And then the swift unanimous action - and then , alas , the prompt relapse into sleep . In a ...
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... Dunkirk anyone who had eyes in his head could see this . But it is absurd to pretend that the promise of that moment has been fulfilled . Almost certainly the mass of the people are now ready for the vast changes that are neces- sary ...
... Dunkirk anyone who had eyes in his head could see this . But it is absurd to pretend that the promise of that moment has been fulfilled . Almost certainly the mass of the people are now ready for the vast changes that are neces- sary ...
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