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... poor . But no one accepts the implications of this , everyone takes it for granted that the law , such as it is , will be respected , and feels a sense of outrage when it is not . Remarks like " They can't run me in ; I haven't done ...
... poor . But no one accepts the implications of this , everyone takes it for granted that the law , such as it is , will be respected , and feels a sense of outrage when it is not . Remarks like " They can't run me in ; I haven't done ...
Page 26
... poor dwindles somewhat when one regards the nation from the outside . There is no question about the inequality of wealth in England . It is grosser than in any European country , and you have only to look down the nearest street to see ...
... poor dwindles somewhat when one regards the nation from the outside . There is no question about the inequality of wealth in England . It is grosser than in any European country , and you have only to look down the nearest street to see ...
Page 52
... poor read the same books , and they also see the same films and listen to the same radio programmes . And the differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of cheap clothes and improvements in housing ...
... poor read the same books , and they also see the same films and listen to the same radio programmes . And the differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of cheap clothes and improvements in housing ...
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