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I think only then was I certain that Christos was not lying , and that my own countrymen had done these things . It seemed now that I was naive not to have believed it before . In every people , when angry or afraid , there is a quality ...
I think only then was I certain that Christos was not lying , and that my own countrymen had done these things . It seemed now that I was naive not to have believed it before . In every people , when angry or afraid , there is a quality ...
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His father said , it's not the same thing . ... But he did not , because his father had not been to a school like that , he had not heard of such things , and he was ashamed to know things that his father did not know .
His father said , it's not the same thing . ... But he did not , because his father had not been to a school like that , he had not heard of such things , and he was ashamed to know things that his father did not know .
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Even practical things such as gun drill and square bashing gave me little scope for failure . I had been trained too well . To march out of step was against my nature . So I passed U.S.B. ( the Unit Selection Board ) .
Even practical things such as gun drill and square bashing gave me little scope for failure . I had been trained too well . To march out of step was against my nature . So I passed U.S.B. ( the Unit Selection Board ) .
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POEMS translated by Graeme Wilson | 28 |
PRISONER by Elizabeth Jennings | 53 |
JOHN MURRAY 50 ALBEMARLE STREET LONDON WIX | 75 |
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| Title | The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 181 |
| Editors | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Publisher | Smith, Elder and Company, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2007 |
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