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... paradox , around which its other paradoxes are organized , is that of authority . One of the great lessons the boys learn at school is to obey ; and yet the heroes are rebels . This is a serious paradox , for obedience is of the essence ...
... paradox , around which its other paradoxes are organized , is that of authority . One of the great lessons the boys learn at school is to obey ; and yet the heroes are rebels . This is a serious paradox , for obedience is of the essence ...
Page 42
... paradox by imposing punishments on them which are cate- gorically ' unjust ' . What this does is to give irony a role within a system of piety to give rebellion a role within a system of authority . Kipling builds a very convincing ...
... paradox by imposing punishments on them which are cate- gorically ' unjust ' . What this does is to give irony a role within a system of piety to give rebellion a role within a system of authority . Kipling builds a very convincing ...
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... paradox of feeling , or a self - stabilizing and self - renewing anarchy , that Waugh celebrates : the blasts of hot air that rose suddenly at one's feet , through grills of cast - iron trefoils from the antiquated 116 Ex - imperial ...
... paradox of feeling , or a self - stabilizing and self - renewing anarchy , that Waugh celebrates : the blasts of hot air that rose suddenly at one's feet , through grills of cast - iron trefoils from the antiquated 116 Ex - imperial ...
Contents
1 THE EMPIRE AND THE ADVENTURE | 1 |
THE EMPIRE | 16 |
THE SISTERS | 46 |
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