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... vehement opinions , an instinct for stirring up trouble , the arts of appealing to
that imaginary creature the sensible man and of combining original observations
with sweeping generalization , of seeing enemies everywhere and despising all ...
... vehement opinions , an instinct for stirring up trouble , the arts of appealing to
that imaginary creature the sensible man and of combining original observations
with sweeping generalization , of seeing enemies everywhere and despising all ...
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by promising them conquests or military ' glory ' , no Hymn of Hate has ever made
any appeal to them . In the last war the songs which the soldiers made up and
sang of their own accord were not vengeful but humorous and mock - defeatist .
by promising them conquests or military ' glory ' , no Hymn of Hate has ever made
any appeal to them . In the last war the songs which the soldiers made up and
sang of their own accord were not vengeful but humorous and mock - defeatist .
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The appeal of Fascism is enormously greater . In one country after another the
Communists have been rooted out by their more up - to - date enemies , the
Nazis . In the English - speaking countries they never had a serious footing . The
creed ...
The appeal of Fascism is enormously greater . In one country after another the
Communists have been rooted out by their more up - to - date enemies , the
Nazis . In the English - speaking countries they never had a serious footing . The
creed ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius A Penguin book : Polit. science Volume 6327 of Penguin Books Penguin twentieth-century classics |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Editor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Contributor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0140063277, 9780140063271 |
| Length | 123 pages |
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