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Moreover, sensible as a large number of Germans were, there was a certain tendency to swelled-headedness in the nation.

From Before the War by Haldane, R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane), Viscount

But she made these mistakes, which were mainly due to that swelled-headedness which deflected her reasoning and prevented her from calculating consequences aright.

From Before the War by Haldane, R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane), Viscount