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... be . It is important not to misunderstand their motives , or one cannot predict their actions . What is to be expected of them is า not treachery or physical cowardice , but stupidity , unconscious 43 ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
... be . It is important not to misunderstand their motives , or one cannot predict their actions . What is to be expected of them is า not treachery or physical cowardice , but stupidity , unconscious 43 ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
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... stupidity , to be " clever " was to be suspect . If you had the kind of brain that could understand the poems of T. S. Eliot or the theories of Karl Marx , the higher - ups would see to it that you were kept out of any important job ...
... stupidity , to be " clever " was to be suspect . If you had the kind of brain that could understand the poems of T. S. Eliot or the theories of Karl Marx , the higher - ups would see to it that you were kept out of any important job ...
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... stupidity of left - wing propa- ganda had frightened away whole classes of necessary people , factory managers , airmen , naval officers , farmers , white - collar workers , shopkeepers , policemen . All of these people had been taught ...
... stupidity of left - wing propa- ganda had frightened away whole classes of necessary people , factory managers , airmen , naval officers , farmers , white - collar workers , shopkeepers , policemen . All of these people had been taught ...
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