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... fact treating them like dirt . As late as 1935 , his novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying shows no clear socialism , only the rage of the angry young man at how badly the ' money god ' treats the artist and how commercial values degrade him ...
... fact treating them like dirt . As late as 1935 , his novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying shows no clear socialism , only the rage of the angry young man at how badly the ' money god ' treats the artist and how commercial values degrade him ...
Page 59
... fact that they had trained themselves never to face . They dealt with Fascism as the cavalry generals of 1914 dealt with the machine - guns - by ignoring it . After years of aggression and massacres , they had grasped only one fact ...
... fact that they had trained themselves never to face . They dealt with Fascism as the cavalry generals of 1914 dealt with the machine - guns - by ignoring it . After years of aggression and massacres , they had grasped only one fact ...
Page 99
... fact that Fascism must not offend national senti- ment had escaped him . His entire movement was imitated slavishly ... facts which to this day are considered unmentionable in left - wing circles . The English Revolution 99.
... fact that Fascism must not offend national senti- ment had escaped him . His entire movement was imitated slavishly ... facts which to this day are considered unmentionable in left - wing circles . The English Revolution 99.
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