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... Europe , and which has infected the English intelli- gentsia , has never touched the common people . They have never ... European observers as " decadence " or hypocrisy , the English hatred of war and militarism . It is rooted deep in ...
... Europe , and which has infected the English intelli- gentsia , has never touched the common people . They have never ... European observers as " decadence " or hypocrisy , the English hatred of war and militarism . It is rooted deep in ...
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... Europeans , except the Germans , whose courage they admired . In four years on French soil they did not even acquire ... European culture . For there is one art in which they have shown plenty of talent , namely literature . But this is ...
... Europeans , except the Germans , whose courage they admired . In four years on French soil they did not even acquire ... European culture . For there is one art in which they have shown plenty of talent , namely literature . But this is ...
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... Europe will rebel when Hitler begins to totter , but not earlier . Our potential allies are not the Europeans but on the one hand the Americans , who will need a year to mobilize their resources even if Big Business can be brought to ...
... Europe will rebel when Hitler begins to totter , but not earlier . Our potential allies are not the Europeans but on the one hand the Americans , who will need a year to mobilize their resources even if Big Business can be brought to ...
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