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... foreign books or newspapers , and you are brought back to the same thought . Yes , there is something distinctive and recognizable in English civilization . It is a culture as individual as that of Spain . It is somehow bound up with ...
... foreign books or newspapers , and you are brought back to the same thought . Yes , there is something distinctive and recognizable in English civilization . It is a culture as individual as that of Spain . It is somehow bound up with ...
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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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