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... English mystique , and the intellectuals who have tried to break it down have generally done more harm than good . At bottom it is the same quality in the English character that repels the tourist and keeps out the invader . Here one ...
... English mystique , and the intellectuals who have tried to break it down have generally done more harm than good . At bottom it is the same quality in the English character that repels the tourist and keeps out the invader . Here one ...
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... English intelligentsia — their severance from the common culture of the country . In intention , at any rate , the English intelligentsia are Europeanized . They take their cookery from Paris and their opinions from Moscow . In the ...
... English intelligentsia — their severance from the common culture of the country . In intention , at any rate , the English intelligentsia are Europeanized . They take their cookery from Paris and their opinions from Moscow . In the ...
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... English people . Throughout its entire history the English Socialist movement has never produced a song with a catchy tune - nothing like La Marseillaise or La Cucuracha , for instance . When a Socialist movement native to England ...
... English people . Throughout its entire history the English Socialist movement has never produced a song with a catchy tune - nothing like La Marseillaise or La Cucuracha , for instance . When a Socialist movement native to England ...
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