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... thought , they feel no need for any philosophy or systematic world - view " . Nor is this because they are " practical " , as they are so fond of claiming for themselves . One has only to look at their methods of town - planning and ...
... thought , they feel no need for any philosophy or systematic world - view " . Nor is this because they are " practical " , as they are so fond of claiming for themselves . One has only to look at their methods of town - planning and ...
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... thought or acted internationally . For two and a half years they watched their comrades in Spain slowly strangled , and never aided them by even a single strike.1 But when their own country ( the country of Lord Nuffield and Mr. Montagu ...
... thought or acted internationally . For two and a half years they watched their comrades in Spain slowly strangled , and never aided them by even a single strike.1 But when their own country ( the country of Lord Nuffield and Mr. Montagu ...
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... thought . England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality . In left- wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a ...
... thought . England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality . In left- wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a ...
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