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Page 36
... ruling class . Like the knife which has had two new blades and three new handles , the upper fringe of English society is still almost what it was in the mid - nineteenth century . After 1832 the old landowning aristocracy steadily lost ...
... ruling class . Like the knife which has had two new blades and three new handles , the upper fringe of English society is still almost what it was in the mid - nineteenth century . After 1832 the old landowning aristocracy steadily lost ...
Page 40
... ruling - class orbit . It must be admitted that so long as things were 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 ...
... ruling - class orbit . It must be admitted that so long as things were 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 ...
Page 71
... remains what it is . Inevitably , because of their position and upbringing , the ruling class are fighting for their own privileges , which cannot possibly be reconciled with the public interest . 71 SHOPKEEPERS AT WAR.
... remains what it is . Inevitably , because of their position and upbringing , the ruling class are fighting for their own privileges , which cannot possibly be reconciled with the public interest . 71 SHOPKEEPERS AT WAR.
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