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... known in various countries a good many politicians who have attained high office . I have continued to be puzzled by what seemed to me the mediocrity of their minds . I have found them ill - informed upon the ordinary affairs of life ...
... known in various countries a good many politicians who have attained high office . I have continued to be puzzled by what seemed to me the mediocrity of their minds . I have found them ill - informed upon the ordinary affairs of life ...
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... known Swinburne inti- mately and could talk about him in an entrancing fashion , but he could also talk of Shelley , whom after all he could not pos- sibly have known , as if he had been a bosom - friend . For many years he had been ...
... known Swinburne inti- mately and could talk about him in an entrancing fashion , but he could also talk of Shelley , whom after all he could not pos- sibly have known , as if he had been a bosom - friend . For many years he had been ...
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... known before , but a future of anxiety and apprehension . The state is assuming ever greater power over the individual and it seems inevitable that his liberty will continue to be encroached upon . For my part I rejoice that I shall not ...
... known before , but a future of anxiety and apprehension . The state is assuming ever greater power over the individual and it seems inevitable that his liberty will continue to be encroached upon . For my part I rejoice that I shall not ...
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