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... tradition , and their attitude towards war is invariably defensive . No politician could rise to power by promising them conquests or military glory " , no Hymn of Hate has ever made any appeal to them . In the last war the songs which ...
... tradition , and their attitude towards war is invariably defensive . No politician could rise to power by promising them conquests or military glory " , no Hymn of Hate has ever made any appeal to them . In the last war the songs which ...
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... tradition of public service , one might have expected that able rulers could be produced in some such way . And yet somehow the ruling class decayed , lost its ability , its daring , finally even its ruthlessness , until a time came ...
... tradition of public service , one might have expected that able rulers could be produced in some such way . And yet somehow the ruling class decayed , lost its ability , its daring , finally even its ruthlessness , until a time came ...
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... tradition , they had been to public schools where the duty of dying for your country , if necessary , is laid down as the first and greatest of the Commandments . They had to feel themselves true patriots , even while they plundered ...
... tradition , they had been to public schools where the duty of dying for your country , if necessary , is laid down as the first and greatest of the Commandments . They had to feel themselves true patriots , even while they plundered ...
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