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... Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing - fields of Eton , but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there . One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three - quarters of a century has ...
... Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing - fields of Eton , but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there . One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three - quarters of a century has ...
Page 79
... probably leave us more united and less Blimp - ridden than before . Moreover , if England were overrun by foreign troops the English people would know that they had been beaten and would continue the struggle . It is doubtful whether ...
... probably leave us more united and less Blimp - ridden than before . Moreover , if England were overrun by foreign troops the English people would know that they had been beaten and would continue the struggle . It is doubtful whether ...
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... probably a shadow Cabinet has already been formed . These people will get their chance not in the moment of defeat but in some stagnant period when boredom is reinforced by discontent . They will not talk about surrender , only about ...
... probably a shadow Cabinet has already been formed . These people will get their chance not in the moment of defeat but in some stagnant period when boredom is reinforced by discontent . They will not talk about surrender , only about ...
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army Blimps bombing planes Britain British ruling class BURMESE DAYS capitalism capitalist Chamberlain civilization coloured common Communists conquered culture CYRIL CONNOLLY danger defeat democracy destroyed disaster enemy England English Genius English Socialist Europe European exist face fact Fascism feel fighting foreign GEORGE ORWELL German gloomy Sundays grasp happen Hitler HOMAGE TO CATALONIA human hypocrisy idea imperial incomes India industry intellectuals intelligentsia Italians kind Labour Party left-wing less living London Martin Secker mean ment MICHAEL FOOT middle class military million modern monied class morale nation Nazi never numbers officers outlook ownership pacifist past patriotism peace political privilege pro-Fascist programme public schools revolution revolutionary rich Rolls-Royce car Russians SEARCHLIGHT BOOK SEBASTIAN HAFFNER simply slums snigger Socialist movement society Spanish Spanish civil war surrender T. C. WORSLEY tion totalitarianism treacherous true turn UNICORN Socialism whole workers