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Page 88
... defeating Hitler ; on the other hand we cannot defeat Hitler while we remain economically and socially in the nineteenth century . The past is fighting the future , and we have two years , a year , possibly only a few months , to see to ...
... defeating Hitler ; on the other hand we cannot defeat Hitler while we remain economically and socially in the nineteenth century . The past is fighting the future , and we have two years , a year , possibly only a few months , to see to ...
Page 97
... defeating Hitler means wiping out class privilege , the great mass of middling people , the £ 6 a week to £ 2000 a year class , will probably be on our side . These people are quite indispensable , because they include most of the ...
... defeating Hitler means wiping out class privilege , the great mass of middling people , the £ 6 a week to £ 2000 a year class , will probably be on our side . These people are quite indispensable , because they include most of the ...
Page 125
... fight , is by no means a ques- 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 ...
... fight , is by no means a ques- 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 ...
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