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... appeal to them . In the last war the songs which the soldiers made up and sang of their own accord were not vengeful but humorous and mock - defeatist.1 The only 1 For example : cc I don't want to join the bloody Army , I don't want to ...
... appeal to them . In the last war the songs which the soldiers made up and sang of their own accord were not vengeful but humorous and mock - defeatist.1 The only 1 For example : cc I don't want to join the bloody Army , I don't want to ...
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... 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 themselves on the popular ...
... 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 themselves on the popular ...
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... appeal of Fascism is enormously greater . In one country after another the Com- munists have been rooted out by their more up - to - date enemies , the Nazis . In the English - speaking countries they never had a serious footing . The ...
... appeal of Fascism is enormously greater . In one country after another the Com- munists have been rooted out by their more up - to - date enemies , the Nazis . In the English - speaking countries they never had a serious footing . The ...
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