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... turn round and say that war is wicked ? It is quite true that the English are hypo- critical about their Empire . In the working class this hypocrisy takes the form of not knowing that the Empire exists . But their dislike of standing ...
... turn round and say that war is wicked ? It is quite true that the English are hypo- critical about their Empire . In the working class this hypocrisy takes the form of not knowing that the Empire exists . But their dislike of standing ...
Page 51
... turn call into being a professional class of doctors , lawyers , teachers , artists , etc. , etc. The tendency of advanced capitalism has therefore been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out as it once seemed likely to do ...
... turn call into being a professional class of doctors , lawyers , teachers , artists , etc. , etc. The tendency of advanced capitalism has therefore been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out as it once seemed likely to do ...
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... turn out to have been one of the great turning- points in English history . In that spec- tacular disaster the working class , the middle class and even a section of the business community could see the utter rottenness of private ...
... turn out to have been one of the great turning- points in English history . In that spec- tacular disaster the working class , the middle class and even a section of the business community could see the utter rottenness of private ...
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