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... nation and nation are founded on real differences of outlook . Till recently it was thought proper to pretend that all human beings are very much alike , but in fact anyone able to use his eyes knows that the average of human behaviour ...
... nation and nation are founded on real differences of outlook . Till recently it was thought proper to pretend that all human beings are very much alike , but in fact anyone able to use his eyes knows that the average of human behaviour ...
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... nation keeps itself in its familiar shape . iii I have spoken all the while of " the nation " , " England " , " Britain " . , as though 45 million souls could somehow be treated as a unit . But is not England notoriously two nations ...
... nation keeps itself in its familiar shape . iii I have spoken all the while of " the nation " , " England " , " Britain " . , as though 45 million souls could somehow be treated as a unit . But is not England notoriously two nations ...
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... nation suddenly swings together and does the same thing , like a herd of cattle facing a wolf . There was such a moment , unmis- takably , at the time of the disaster in France . After eight months of vaguely wondering what the war was ...
... nation suddenly swings together and does the same thing , like a herd of cattle facing a wolf . There was such a moment , unmis- takably , at the time of the disaster in France . After eight months of vaguely wondering what the war was ...
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