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... able to grasp that wars are not won without fighting . Later , perhaps , they will pick another leader who can grasp that only Socialist nations can fight effectively . Do I mean by all this that England is a 32 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
... able to grasp that wars are not won without fighting . Later , perhaps , they will pick another leader who can grasp that only Socialist nations can fight effectively . Do I mean by all this that England is a 32 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
Page 36
... able rulers could be produced in some such way . And yet somehow the ruling class decayed , lost its ability , its daring , finally even its ruthlessness , until a time came when stuffed shirts like Eden or Halifax could stand out as ...
... able rulers could be produced in some such way . And yet somehow the ruling class decayed , lost its ability , its daring , finally even its ruthlessness , until a time came when stuffed shirts like Eden or Halifax could stand out as ...
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... able men like Bevin to the front , but in general we are still commanded by people who managed to live through the years 1931-39 without even discovering that Hitler was dangerous . A generation of the unteach- able is hanging upon us ...
... able men like Bevin to the front , but in general we are still commanded by people who managed to live through the years 1931-39 without even discovering that Hitler was dangerous . A generation of the unteach- able is hanging upon us ...
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