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I was brought up in a very naval, military, and conservative background. my father and his friends had very typical opinions of the british middle class - lower-middle class actually - after the war. my father broke into the middle class by joining the navy. i was the first member of my family ever to go to private school or even to university. so, the armed forces had been upward mobility for him.
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Christopher Hitchens
I was brought up in a very naval, military, and conservative background. my father and his friends had very typical opinions of the british middle class - lower-middle class actually - after the war. my father broke into the middle class by joining the navy. i was the first member of my family ever to go to private school or even to university. so, the armed forces had been upward mobility for him.
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