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... tion that happens in England is seldom of that kind . Nearly always it is more in the nature of self - deception , of the right hand not knowing what the left hand doeth . And being unconscious , it is limited . One sees this at its ...
... tion that happens in England is seldom of that kind . Nearly always it is more in the nature of self - deception , of the right hand not knowing what the left hand doeth . And being unconscious , it is limited . One sees this at its ...
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... tion of " honour " and schoolboy heroics . Hitler said once that to accept defeat destroys the soul of a nation . This sounds like a piece of claptrap , but it is strictly true . The defeat of 1870 did not lessen the world- influence of ...
... tion of " honour " and schoolboy heroics . Hitler said once that to accept defeat destroys the soul of a nation . This sounds like a piece of claptrap , but it is strictly true . The defeat of 1870 did not lessen the world- influence of ...
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... tion of " honour " and schoolboy heroics . Hitler said once that to accept defeat destroys the soul of a nation . This sounds like a piece of claptrap , but it is strictly true . The defeat of 1870 did not lessen the world- influence of ...
... tion of " honour " and schoolboy heroics . Hitler said once that to accept defeat destroys the soul of a nation . This sounds like a piece of claptrap , but it is strictly true . The defeat of 1870 did not lessen the world- influence of ...
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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