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... peace - time , have always worn civilian clothes when off duty . One rapid but fairly sure guide to the social atmosphere of a country is the parade- step of its army . A military parade is really a kind of ritual dance , something like ...
... peace - time , have always worn civilian clothes when off duty . One rapid but fairly sure guide to the social atmosphere of a country is the parade- step of its army . A military parade is really a kind of ritual dance , something like ...
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... peaceful the methods of the British ruling class served them well enough . Their own people manifestly tolerated them . How- ever unjustly England might be organized , it was at any rate not torn by class warfare or haunted by secret ...
... peaceful the methods of the British ruling class served them well enough . Their own people manifestly tolerated them . How- ever unjustly England might be organized , it was at any rate not torn by class warfare or haunted by secret ...
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... peace offers . Manifestly it is a time to stiffen morale , not to weaken it . Instead of taking the mechani- cally anti - British attitude which is usual on the Left , it is better to consider what the world would really be like if the ...
... peace offers . Manifestly it is a time to stiffen morale , not to weaken it . Instead of taking the mechani- cally anti - British attitude which is usual on the Left , it is better to consider what the world would really be like if the ...
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