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A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a Common Enemy.

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*I* discovered it in Hunter Thompson’s “Hell’s Angels”

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Lord Halifax

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (16 April 1881-23 December 1959), known as The Baron Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and as The Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a British Conservative politician. He is often regarded as one of the architects of appeasement prior to World War II. During the period he held several ministerial posts in the cabinet, most notably as Foreign Secretary at the time of Munich Agreement in 1938. He succeeded Lord Reading as Viceroy of India in April 1926, a post he held until 1931

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    すべてを正しい名前で呼ぶべき男は、共通の敵としてノックダウンされることなく通りを通過することはほとんどありません。

    一个应该以正确的名字称呼一切的人几乎不会在街道上不被击倒,就像一个共同的敌人一样。

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