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... nearly all classes loathe from the bottom of their hearts is the swaggering officer type , the jingle of spurs and the crash of boots . Decades before Hitler was ever heard of , the word " Prus- sian " had much the same significance in ...
... nearly all classes loathe from the bottom of their hearts is the swaggering officer type , the jingle of spurs and the crash of boots . Decades before Hitler was ever heard of , the word " Prus- sian " had much the same significance in ...
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... nearly all of them . Only the Europeanized intelligentsia are really immune to it . As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle class than in the upper class — the cheap public schools , for instance , are more given to patriotic ...
... nearly all of them . Only the Europeanized intelligentsia are really immune to it . As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle class than in the upper class — the cheap public schools , for instance , are more given to patriotic ...
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... nearly every inch of the colonial empire was in the grip of Whitehall . Well- meaning , over - civilized men , in dark suits and black felt hats , with neatly - rolled umbrellas crooked over the left forearm , were imposing their ...
... nearly every inch of the colonial empire was in the grip of Whitehall . Well- meaning , over - civilized men , in dark suits and black felt hats , with neatly - rolled umbrellas crooked over the left forearm , were imposing their ...
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