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Charles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith. the way back to the politics of Rome and Athens , and knows it for pre- cisely what it is . He can not get into a ferment over this - or - that exposure of the almost incredible degradation of our ...
Charles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith. the way back to the politics of Rome and Athens , and knows it for pre- cisely what it is . He can not get into a ferment over this - or - that exposure of the almost incredible degradation of our ...
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... political parties . Thus political language has to consist largely of euphe- mism , question - begging and sheer cloudy vagueness . Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air , the inhabitants driven out into the country- side ...
... political parties . Thus political language has to consist largely of euphe- mism , question - begging and sheer cloudy vagueness . Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air , the inhabitants driven out into the country- side ...
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... political merchandisers appeal only to the weaknesses of voters , never to their potential strength . They make no attempt to educate the masses into becoming fit for self - government ; they are content merely to manipulate and exploit ...
... political merchandisers appeal only to the weaknesses of voters , never to their potential strength . They make no attempt to educate the masses into becoming fit for self - government ; they are content merely to manipulate and exploit ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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