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For Mr Orwell likes his friends no better than his enemies and in the name of
common sense is capable of exaggerating with the simplicity and innocence of a
savage . His virtue is that he says things that need to be said ; his vice that ...
For Mr Orwell likes his friends no better than his enemies and in the name of
common sense is capable of exaggerating with the simplicity and innocence of a
savage . His virtue is that he says things that need to be said ; his vice that ...
Page 40
But in all societies the common people must live to some extent against the
existing order . The genuinely popular culture of England is something that goes
on beneath the surface , unofficially and more or less frowned on by the
authorities .
But in all societies the common people must live to some extent against the
existing order . The genuinely popular culture of England is something that goes
on beneath the surface , unofficially and more or less frowned on by the
authorities .
Page 106
From the moment that all productive goods have been declared the property of
the State , the common people will feel , as they cannot feel now , that the State is
themselves . They will be ready then to endure the sacrifices that are ahead of us
...
From the moment that all productive goods have been declared the property of
the State , the common people will feel , as they cannot feel now , that the State is
themselves . They will be ready then to endure the sacrifices that are ahead of us
...
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User Review - the.ken.petersen - LibraryThingIt seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and ... Read full review
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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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