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... officer type , the jingle of spurs and the crash of boots . Decades before Hitler was ever heard of , the word " Prus ... officers of the British Army , in peace - time , have always worn civilian clothes when off duty . One rapid but ...
... officer type , the jingle of spurs and the crash of boots . Decades before Hitler was ever heard of , the word " Prus ... officers of the British Army , in peace - time , have always worn civilian clothes when off duty . One rapid but ...
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... officers , farmers , white - collar workers , shopkeepers , policemen . All of these people had been taught to think of Socialism as something which menaced their livelihood , or as something seditious , alien , " anti- British " " as ...
... officers , farmers , white - collar workers , shopkeepers , policemen . All of these people had been taught to think of Socialism as something which menaced their livelihood , or as something seditious , alien , " anti- British " " as ...
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... officers will be a very great difficulty . But without those airmen , destroyer com- manders , etc. , etc. , we could not survive for a week . The only approach to them is through their patriotism . An intelligent Socialist movement ...
... officers will be a very great difficulty . But without those airmen , destroyer com- manders , etc. , etc. , we could not survive for a week . The only approach to them is through their patriotism . An intelligent Socialist movement ...
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