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Page 34
Even among the inner clique of politicians who brought us to our present pass , it
is doubtful whether there were any conscious traitors . The corruption that
happens in England is seldom of that kind . Nearly always it is more in the nature
of ...
Even among the inner clique of politicians who brought us to our present pass , it
is doubtful whether there were any conscious traitors . The corruption that
happens in England is seldom of that kind . Nearly always it is more in the nature
of ...
Page 110
It is of course quite hopeless to expect the present government to pledge itself to
any policy that implies turning this war into a revolutionary war . It is at best a
government of compromise , with Churchill riding two horses like a circus acrobat
.
It is of course quite hopeless to expect the present government to pledge itself to
any policy that implies turning this war into a revolutionary war . It is at best a
government of compromise , with Churchill riding two horses like a circus acrobat
.
Page 126
They are in the fields and the streets , in the factories and the armed forces , in
the four - ale bar and the suburban back garden ; and at present they are still kept
under by a generation of ghosts . Compared with the task of bringing the real ...
They are in the fields and the streets , in the factories and the armed forces , in
the four - ale bar and the suburban back garden ; and at present they are still kept
under by a generation of ghosts . Compared with the task of bringing the real ...
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