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... its own . Moreover it is continuous , it stretches into the future and the past , there is something in it that persists , as in a living creature . What can the England of 1940 have in common with II ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
... its own . Moreover it is continuous , it stretches into the future and the past , there is something in it that persists , as in a living creature . What can the England of 1940 have in common with II ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
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... past , will be its bitter enemies . Inevitably they will denounce it as " Fas- cism " . Already it is customary among the more soft - boiled intellectuals of the Left to declare that if we fight against the Nazis we shall " go Nazi ...
... past , will be its bitter enemies . Inevitably they will denounce it as " Fas- cism " . Already it is customary among the more soft - boiled intellectuals of the Left to declare that if we fight against the Nazis we shall " go Nazi ...
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... past . No real revolu- tionary has ever been an internationalist . During the past twenty years the negative , fainéant outlook which has been fashionable among English left - wingers , the sniggering of the intellectuals at patriotism ...
... past . No real revolu- tionary has ever been an internationalist . During the past twenty years the negative , fainéant outlook which has been fashionable among English left - wingers , the sniggering of the intellectuals at patriotism ...
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