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The powerworship which is the new religion of Europe , and which has infected
the English intelligentsia , has never touched the common people . They have
never caught up with power politics . The “ realism ” which is preached in
Japanese ...
The powerworship which is the new religion of Europe , and which has infected
the English intelligentsia , has never touched the common people . They have
never caught up with power politics . The “ realism ” which is preached in
Japanese ...
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But somehow these differences fade away the moment that any two Britons are
confronted by a European . It is very rare to meet a foreigner , other than an
American , who can distinguish between English and Scots or even English and
Irish .
But somehow these differences fade away the moment that any two Britons are
confronted by a European . It is very rare to meet a foreigner , other than an
American , who can distinguish between English and Scots or even English and
Irish .
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The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans , except the
Germans , whose courage they admired . In four years on French soil they did not
even acquire a liking for wine . The insularity of the English , their refusal to take ...
The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans , except the
Germans , whose courage they admired . In four years on French soil they did not
even acquire a liking for wine . The insularity of the English , their refusal to take ...
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