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... belief in the innate decency of ordinary people nor his belief in the growth of socialist values . All that happened was that after the end of the war ( when the socialist revolution he foretold did not occur , only the coming of ...
... belief in the innate decency of ordinary people nor his belief in the growth of socialist values . All that happened was that after the end of the war ( when the socialist revolution he foretold did not occur , only the coming of ...
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... belief that had been growing in Orwell's mind since Spain that Stalinism and Nazism had , for all their antagonism , many things in common : that they deserved the 4. Collected Essays , Vol . 1 , no . 168 . new appellation ...
... belief that had been growing in Orwell's mind since Spain that Stalinism and Nazism had , for all their antagonism , many things in common : that they deserved the 4. Collected Essays , Vol . 1 , no . 168 . new appellation ...
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... belief , and have been so for centuries . The Anglican Church never had a real hold on them , it was simply a preserve of the landed gentry , and the Nonconformist sects only influ- enced minorities . And yet they have retained a deep ...
... belief , and have been so for centuries . The Anglican Church never had a real hold on them , it was simply a preserve of the landed gentry , and the Nonconformist sects only influ- enced minorities . And yet they have retained a deep ...
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