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... hypocrisy - their double- faced attitude towards the Empire , for instance is bound up with this . Also , in moments of supreme crisis the whole nation can suddenly draw together and act upon a species of instinct , really a code of ...
... hypocrisy - their double- faced attitude towards the Empire , for instance is bound up with this . Also , in moments of supreme crisis the whole nation can suddenly draw together and act upon a species of instinct , really a code of ...
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... hypocrisy , their extreme gentleness , their deeply moral atti- tude to life , are all mirrored there . The gentleness of the English civilization is perhaps its most marked characteristic . You notice it the instant you set foot on ...
... hypocrisy , their extreme gentleness , their deeply moral atti- tude to life , are all mirrored there . The gentleness of the English civilization is perhaps its most marked characteristic . You notice it the instant you set foot on ...
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... hypocrisy . After all , the English have absorbed a quarter of the earth and held on to it by means of a huge navy . How dare they then turn round and say that war is wicked ? It is quite true that the English are hypo- critical about ...
... hypocrisy . After all , the English have absorbed a quarter of the earth and held on to it by means of a huge navy . How dare they then turn round and say that war is wicked ? It is quite true that the English are hypo- critical about ...
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