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... snigger at every English institution , from horse- racing to suet puddings . It is a strange fact , but it is unquestionably true , that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during " God save ...
... snigger at every English institution , from horse- racing to suet puddings . It is a strange fact , but it is unquestionably true , that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during " God save ...
Page 50
... snigger , is as out of date as the cavalry colonel . A modern nation cannot afford either of them . Patriotism and intelligence ✓will have to come together again . It is the fact that we are fighting a war , and a very ' peculiar kind ...
... snigger , is as out of date as the cavalry colonel . A modern nation cannot afford either of them . Patriotism and intelligence ✓will have to come together again . It is the fact that we are fighting a war , and a very ' peculiar kind ...
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... meeting with endless defeats and afterwards putting the blame on other people . The left - wing intelligentsia wanted to go on and on , sniggering at the Blimps , sapping away at middle - class morale , but still 94 THE LION AND THE ...
... meeting with endless defeats and afterwards putting the blame on other people . The left - wing intelligentsia wanted to go on and on , sniggering at the Blimps , sapping away at middle - class morale , but still 94 THE LION AND THE ...
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