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... England . He is a symbol of the strange mixture of reality and illusion , democracy and privilege , hum- bug and decency , the subtle network of compromises , by which the nation keeps itself in its familiar shape ... ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
... England . He is a symbol of the strange mixture of reality and illusion , democracy and privilege , hum- bug and decency , the subtle network of compromises , by which the nation keeps itself in its familiar shape ... ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
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... England . 66 After 1918 there began to appear some- thing that had never existed in England before people of indeterminate social class . In 1910 every human being in these islands could be " placed " in an instant ... ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
... England . 66 After 1918 there began to appear some- thing that had never existed in England before people of indeterminate social class . In 1910 every human being in these islands could be " placed " in an instant ... ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
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... England will lose its peculiar flavour . The new red cities of Greater London are crude enough , but these things are only the rash that accom- panies a change . In whatever shape England emerges from the war , it ... ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
... England will lose its peculiar flavour . The new red cities of Greater London are crude enough , but these things are only the rash that accom- panies a change . In whatever shape England emerges from the war , it ... ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
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