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Fri 5 Jun, 2015 10:57 pm
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The masses of the people, aroused to political life and originally tame and docile, raise their voices ever higher. Steeled in battles forced upon them from above, accustomed to look into the face of death every minute, they begin to break the front of the imperialist war with the same fearlessness by turning it into civil war against the bourgeoisie.
To be 'steeled' is to be made hard or tough. One can be steeled by experiences, usually violent or difficult, or one can steel oneself before facing a difficult or dangerous task. The verb comes from the way steel was first made (by repeatedly hammering and folding red hot iron sheets).
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