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HI, Would you please tell me what is the meaning of never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime in the following text which is from one of the speeches made by Winston Churchill :
.... to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime.
Does never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue refer to monstrous tyranny?
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anonymous Does never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue refer to monstrous tyranny? Yes. He was saying that their enemies were some of the most wicked people in history.
- anonymous Does never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue refer to monstrous tyranny?
- Yes.
- He was saying that their enemies were some of the most wicked people in history.
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anonymousDoes never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue refer to monstrous tyranny?
Yes. He was saying that their enemies were some of the most wicked people in history.
0anonymousDoes never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue refer to monstrous tyranny?
Yes. Think of it as "a monstrous tyranny (which has) never (been) surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime."
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