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In publishing the report of a massacre of Europeans in Peking , the newspaper was simply attempting to bring off a second profitable coup . The attempt , as we have seen , was a failure ; and for some years afterwards the general ...
In publishing the report of a massacre of Europeans in Peking , the newspaper was simply attempting to bring off a second profitable coup . The attempt , as we have seen , was a failure ; and for some years afterwards the general ...
Page 56
... his perversion and his other weaknesses were justified by him intellectually and any attempt to change his attitude was regarded by him as an attempt to undermine his stability and , therefore , as some- thing extremely dangerous .
... his perversion and his other weaknesses were justified by him intellectually and any attempt to change his attitude was regarded by him as an attempt to undermine his stability and , therefore , as some- thing extremely dangerous .
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It is high time a due biography of that imperfect man and fine musician was written , and this is the first helpful attempt yet made to do so by telling the whole truth of Arne's chequered career . It is sur- prising to discover ...
It is high time a due biography of that imperfect man and fine musician was written , and this is the first helpful attempt yet made to do so by telling the whole truth of Arne's chequered career . It is sur- prising to discover ...
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