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... foreign habits . Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom themselves to foreign food or to learn foreign languages . Nearly every Englishman of working - class origin considers it effeminate to ...
... foreign habits . Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom themselves to foreign food or to learn foreign languages . Nearly every Englishman of working - class origin considers it effeminate to ...
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... foreign observer sees only the huge inequality of wealth , the unfair electoral system , the governing - class control over the Press , the radio and education , and concludes that democracy is simply a polite name for dictatorship ...
... foreign observer sees only the huge inequality of wealth , the unfair electoral system , the governing - class control over the Press , the radio and education , and concludes that democracy is simply a polite name for dictatorship ...
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... foreign rule - for if the British marched out of India the Japanese and other powers would immediately march in - would mean an immense dislocation . Neither the Japan- ese , the Russians , the Germans nor the Italians would be capable ...
... foreign rule - for if the British marched out of India the Japanese and other powers would immediately march in - would mean an immense dislocation . Neither the Japan- ese , the Russians , the Germans nor the Italians would be capable ...
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