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• In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are…
• It is brought home to you...that it is only because miners sweat their guts out that superior persons can remain superior.
• In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of…
• The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.
• We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction. We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in…
• The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society…
• To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes.…
• All that was required of them (i.e. the brain-washed masses) was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was…

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